LEADER 03458nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910782626303321 005 20230912162334.0 010 $a0-88920-843-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714128 035 $a(EBL)685581 035 $a(OCoLC)180704484 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277452 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277452 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234765 035 $a(PQKB)10919144 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402610 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326923 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10147179 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/q8r6df 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402610 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3246278 035 $a(PPN)25053875X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714128 100 $a19931220h19941994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBountiful island $ea study of land tenure on a Micronesian atoll /$fDavid Damas 210 1$aWaterloo, Ont. :$cWilfrid Laurier University Press,$d1994. 210 4$aŠ1994 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a1-55458-460-4 311 0 $a0-88920-239-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-263) and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; First Impressions of Pingelap and Conceptual Background; CHAPTER 2; History and Culture of Pingelap; CHAPTER 3; Habitat and Economy; CHAPTER 4; Boundaries, Norms, and Laws in Pingelapese Land Tenure; CHAPTER 5; Patterns of Pingelapese Land Inheritance; CHAPTER 6; Confirming the Division of Estates: The Derak Ceremony; CHAPTER 7; Land Tenure in the Pingelapese Colonies; CHAPTER 8; Pingelapese Land Tenure and External Relations; CHAPTER 9; The Pinelap Study in Comparative Perspective; Appendix: Catalogue of the Flora of Pingelap; Glossary of Micronesian Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn Bountiful Island a major Arctic scholar turns his eye on Micronesia: the small and isolated atoll of Pingelap in Micronesia lies in a moist climatic belt which encourages abundant plant life, including such food plants as coconuts, breadfruit and taro. In this detailed examination of land-tenure practices in the atoll, David Damas argues that the resulting high level of subsistence has brought an expansion of the population which has put great pressures on land. Under these pressures, land tenure has moved from communal usage to lineage control, to individual ownership and transm 606 $aLand tenure$zMicronesia (Federated States)$zPingelap Island 606 $aEthnology$zMicronesia (Federated States)$zPingelap Island 606 $aPingelap (Micronesian people)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aPingelap (Micronesian people)$xLand tenure 615 0$aLand tenure 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aPingelap (Micronesian people)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aPingelap (Micronesian people)$xLand tenure. 676 $a306.3 676 $a306.3/2 676 $a306.3/2/09966 700 $aDamas$b David$01566158 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782626303321 996 $aBountiful island$93836526 997 $aUNINA