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Malay fishermen : their peasant economy / / by Raymond Firth
| Malay fishermen : their peasant economy / / by Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.309595
338.3727 |
| Collana | International Library of Sociology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fish trade -- Malay Peninsula
Fishers -- Malay Peninsula Business & Economics Industries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-32491-8
1-283-58726-2 1-134-68548-3 9786612324918 9786613899712 0-203-00101-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
MALAY FISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY; Copyright; Contents; Losses of Middlemen; Preface; Chapter I. The Fishing Industry In Malaya And Indonesia; General Character of Malayo-lndonesian Sea Fishing; Market Relations; Incomes; Practical Problems in the Fishing Industry; Some Theoretical Considerations; Structure of an Oriental Peasant Economy; Chapter II. Economics Of The Industry In Two Malay States (KelantanRengganu); General Conditions and Importance; Fishing Population and Output; Equipment-Details of Types and Cos; Capital Invested in Fishing Boats and Gear; Finance of Boats and Nets
Fish-buying and Money-lendingChapter III.Structure Of A Sample Fishing Community; The Perupok Area, Kelantan; Its Economic History; Composition of Its Population; External Economic Relationships; Distribution by Sex and "" Economic Stages ""; Occupational Distribution; Chapter IV. Planning And Organization Of Fishing Activities; Preferences in the Use of Labour and Capita; The Use of Time In Lift-net Fishing; Organization of Lift-net Fishing; The Role of the Fishing Expert; The Expert and his Crew; Fluctuations in Lift-net Crews; Relations between Fishing Expert and Carrier Agent Strain and Re-alignment in Net-groupsChanges in Boat-grouping of Nets; Relations of Fishing Experts with One Another; The Ritual Factor in Organization; Chapter V. Ownership Of Equipment And Management Of Capital; The Place of Capital in the Peasant Economy; Volume of Investment in Fishing Equipment; Ownership of Equipment; Levels of Individual Boat and Net Capital; Management of Capital by Individuals; History of One Man's Investments; Financing the Production and Maintenance of Equipment; The Entrepreneur in Net Manufacture; Chapter VI.The Credit System In Financing Production Seasonal AdvancesFriendly Loans; Interest-bearing Loans; Interest Disguised as Profit-sharing; Mobilization of Credit through Capital Expenditure; Credit in the Marketing of Goods; ChapterVII. Marketing Organization; The Middlemen; Wholesale Buying on the Beach; Samples of Bargaining Technique; Features of Bargaining; Graphs of Price Determination; Cash, Credit, and Insurance against Price Reduction; Arrangements among the Wholesale Dealers; Intermediate and Retail Sellin; The Market for Cured Fish; Inland Markets for Fish; Fluctuations in Fish Prices; Profits and Summary Chapter VIII.The System Of Distributing EarningsSharing out the Earnings from the Lift-net; Value of the Shares; Distribution of Earnings from other Types of Fishing; Fish for Home Consumption and Petty Cash; The Basic Principles of Distribution; ChapterIX. Output And Levels Of Income; Estimated Value of Annual Output; Levels of Output from Lift-nets; Levels of Output in Other Types of Fishing; Importance of the Output Figures; Levels of Income; Chapter X. Fishermen In The General Peasant Economy; Supplementary Sources of Fishermen's Income; Samples of Household Income Peasant Standards of Living |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450870003321 |
Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Malay fishermen : their peasant economy / / by Raymond Firth
| Malay fishermen : their peasant economy / / by Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.309595
338.3727 |
| Collana | International Library of Sociology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fish trade -- Malay Peninsula
Fishers -- Malay Peninsula Business & Economics Industries |
| ISBN |
1-134-68547-5
1-282-32491-8 1-283-58726-2 1-134-68548-3 9786612324918 9786613899712 0-203-00101-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
MALAY FISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY; Copyright; Contents; Losses of Middlemen; Preface; Chapter I. The Fishing Industry In Malaya And Indonesia; General Character of Malayo-lndonesian Sea Fishing; Market Relations; Incomes; Practical Problems in the Fishing Industry; Some Theoretical Considerations; Structure of an Oriental Peasant Economy; Chapter II. Economics Of The Industry In Two Malay States (KelantanRengganu); General Conditions and Importance; Fishing Population and Output; Equipment-Details of Types and Cos; Capital Invested in Fishing Boats and Gear; Finance of Boats and Nets
Fish-buying and Money-lendingChapter III.Structure Of A Sample Fishing Community; The Perupok Area, Kelantan; Its Economic History; Composition of Its Population; External Economic Relationships; Distribution by Sex and "" Economic Stages ""; Occupational Distribution; Chapter IV. Planning And Organization Of Fishing Activities; Preferences in the Use of Labour and Capita; The Use of Time In Lift-net Fishing; Organization of Lift-net Fishing; The Role of the Fishing Expert; The Expert and his Crew; Fluctuations in Lift-net Crews; Relations between Fishing Expert and Carrier Agent Strain and Re-alignment in Net-groupsChanges in Boat-grouping of Nets; Relations of Fishing Experts with One Another; The Ritual Factor in Organization; Chapter V. Ownership Of Equipment And Management Of Capital; The Place of Capital in the Peasant Economy; Volume of Investment in Fishing Equipment; Ownership of Equipment; Levels of Individual Boat and Net Capital; Management of Capital by Individuals; History of One Man's Investments; Financing the Production and Maintenance of Equipment; The Entrepreneur in Net Manufacture; Chapter VI.The Credit System In Financing Production Seasonal AdvancesFriendly Loans; Interest-bearing Loans; Interest Disguised as Profit-sharing; Mobilization of Credit through Capital Expenditure; Credit in the Marketing of Goods; ChapterVII. Marketing Organization; The Middlemen; Wholesale Buying on the Beach; Samples of Bargaining Technique; Features of Bargaining; Graphs of Price Determination; Cash, Credit, and Insurance against Price Reduction; Arrangements among the Wholesale Dealers; Intermediate and Retail Sellin; The Market for Cured Fish; Inland Markets for Fish; Fluctuations in Fish Prices; Profits and Summary Chapter VIII.The System Of Distributing EarningsSharing out the Earnings from the Lift-net; Value of the Shares; Distribution of Earnings from other Types of Fishing; Fish for Home Consumption and Petty Cash; The Basic Principles of Distribution; ChapterIX. Output And Levels Of Income; Estimated Value of Annual Output; Levels of Output from Lift-nets; Levels of Output in Other Types of Fishing; Importance of the Output Figures; Levels of Income; Chapter X. Fishermen In The General Peasant Economy; Supplementary Sources of Fishermen's Income; Samples of Household Income Peasant Standards of Living |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783875803321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Malay fishermen : their peasant economy / / by Raymond Firth
| Malay fishermen : their peasant economy / / by Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.309595
338.3727 |
| Collana | International Library of Sociology |
| Soggetto topico |
Fish trade -- Malay Peninsula
Fishers -- Malay Peninsula Business & Economics Industries |
| ISBN |
1-134-68547-5
1-282-32491-8 1-283-58726-2 1-134-68548-3 9786612324918 9786613899712 0-203-00101-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
MALAY FISHERMEN: THEIR PEASANT ECONOMY; Copyright; Contents; Losses of Middlemen; Preface; Chapter I. The Fishing Industry In Malaya And Indonesia; General Character of Malayo-lndonesian Sea Fishing; Market Relations; Incomes; Practical Problems in the Fishing Industry; Some Theoretical Considerations; Structure of an Oriental Peasant Economy; Chapter II. Economics Of The Industry In Two Malay States (KelantanRengganu); General Conditions and Importance; Fishing Population and Output; Equipment-Details of Types and Cos; Capital Invested in Fishing Boats and Gear; Finance of Boats and Nets
Fish-buying and Money-lendingChapter III.Structure Of A Sample Fishing Community; The Perupok Area, Kelantan; Its Economic History; Composition of Its Population; External Economic Relationships; Distribution by Sex and "" Economic Stages ""; Occupational Distribution; Chapter IV. Planning And Organization Of Fishing Activities; Preferences in the Use of Labour and Capita; The Use of Time In Lift-net Fishing; Organization of Lift-net Fishing; The Role of the Fishing Expert; The Expert and his Crew; Fluctuations in Lift-net Crews; Relations between Fishing Expert and Carrier Agent Strain and Re-alignment in Net-groupsChanges in Boat-grouping of Nets; Relations of Fishing Experts with One Another; The Ritual Factor in Organization; Chapter V. Ownership Of Equipment And Management Of Capital; The Place of Capital in the Peasant Economy; Volume of Investment in Fishing Equipment; Ownership of Equipment; Levels of Individual Boat and Net Capital; Management of Capital by Individuals; History of One Man's Investments; Financing the Production and Maintenance of Equipment; The Entrepreneur in Net Manufacture; Chapter VI.The Credit System In Financing Production Seasonal AdvancesFriendly Loans; Interest-bearing Loans; Interest Disguised as Profit-sharing; Mobilization of Credit through Capital Expenditure; Credit in the Marketing of Goods; ChapterVII. Marketing Organization; The Middlemen; Wholesale Buying on the Beach; Samples of Bargaining Technique; Features of Bargaining; Graphs of Price Determination; Cash, Credit, and Insurance against Price Reduction; Arrangements among the Wholesale Dealers; Intermediate and Retail Sellin; The Market for Cured Fish; Inland Markets for Fish; Fluctuations in Fish Prices; Profits and Summary Chapter VIII.The System Of Distributing EarningsSharing out the Earnings from the Lift-net; Value of the Shares; Distribution of Earnings from other Types of Fishing; Fish for Home Consumption and Petty Cash; The Basic Principles of Distribution; ChapterIX. Output And Levels Of Income; Estimated Value of Annual Output; Levels of Output from Lift-nets; Levels of Output in Other Types of Fishing; Importance of the Output Figures; Levels of Income; Chapter X. Fishermen In The General Peasant Economy; Supplementary Sources of Fishermen's Income; Samples of Household Income Peasant Standards of Living |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819092903321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori / / Raymond Firth
| Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (550 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.308999442
390.0899442 |
| Collana | Routledge revivals |
| Soggetto topico |
Maori (New Zealand people)
Economic anthropology - New Zealand |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-14540-2
1-283-84546-6 1-136-50537-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori; Copyright Page; Contents; I. The Study of Primitive Economics; II. The Maori And His Economic Resources; III. Social Structure and Economic Organization; IV. The Psychology of Work; V. The Nature of Maori Industry; VI. The Organization of Production; VII. Magic in Economics; VIII. The Distribution of Goods and Payment for Labour; IX. The Feast; X. The Ownership and Command of Wealth; XI. The Land; XII. The Exchange of Gifts; XIII. Native Tracks and Canoe-Ways; XIV. The Economic Aspect of Culture Change; XV. The Maori Community
Bibliography(i) The literature of Primitive Economics; (ii) New Zealand Iiterature; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462685903321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori / / Raymond Firth
| Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (550 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.308999442
390.0899442 |
| Collana | Routledge revivals |
| Soggetto topico |
Māori (New Zealand people)
Economic anthropology - New Zealand |
| ISBN |
1-136-50536-9
0-203-14540-2 1-283-84546-6 1-136-50537-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori; Copyright Page; Contents; I. The Study of Primitive Economics; II. The Maori And His Economic Resources; III. Social Structure and Economic Organization; IV. The Psychology of Work; V. The Nature of Maori Industry; VI. The Organization of Production; VII. Magic in Economics; VIII. The Distribution of Goods and Payment for Labour; IX. The Feast; X. The Ownership and Command of Wealth; XI. The Land; XII. The Exchange of Gifts; XIII. Native Tracks and Canoe-Ways; XIV. The Economic Aspect of Culture Change; XV. The Maori Community
Bibliography(i) The literature of Primitive Economics; (ii) New Zealand Iiterature; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786303203321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori / / Raymond Firth
| Primitive economics of the New Zealand Maori / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (550 p.) |
| Disciplina |
306.308999442
390.0899442 |
| Collana | Routledge revivals |
| Soggetto topico |
Māori (New Zealand people)
Economic anthropology - New Zealand |
| ISBN |
1-136-50536-9
0-203-14540-2 1-283-84546-6 1-136-50537-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori; Copyright Page; Contents; I. The Study of Primitive Economics; II. The Maori And His Economic Resources; III. Social Structure and Economic Organization; IV. The Psychology of Work; V. The Nature of Maori Industry; VI. The Organization of Production; VII. Magic in Economics; VIII. The Distribution of Goods and Payment for Labour; IX. The Feast; X. The Ownership and Command of Wealth; XI. The Land; XII. The Exchange of Gifts; XIII. Native Tracks and Canoe-Ways; XIV. The Economic Aspect of Culture Change; XV. The Maori Community
Bibliography(i) The literature of Primitive Economics; (ii) New Zealand Iiterature; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809319803321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Primitive Polynesian economy / / Raymond Firth
| Primitive Polynesian economy / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (633 p.) |
| Disciplina | 420 |
| Collana | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Raymond Firth : collected works |
| Soggetto topico |
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)
Economic anthropology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-415-86654-5
1-315-01753-9 1-136-53717-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; Diagram; Preface; Chapter I. Problems of Primitive Economics; Modern Studies in Primitive Economics; Methods and Theory of Modern Social Anthropology; Lack of Co-ordination between Anthropology and Economics; Major Problems of Tikopia Economics; Chapter II. Food and Population in Tikopia; Wants and their Satisfaction; The Social Context of Food; The Population Problem; Crude Factors of Population Pressure; Possible Changes in Agricultural Production
Population and Land of Chiefly GroupsCommand of Food Resources by Individuals; Cultivation of the Major Food Plants; Variations in Food Supply, 1928-9; Chapter III. Knowledge, Technique, and Economic Lore; The Level of Technical Achievement; Invention as a Cultural Process; Reason and Rule in Technical Procedure; The Distribution and Transmission of Economic Lore; Chapter IV. The Labour Situation; Division of Labour; Occupational Specialists; Types of Co-operation in Work; Study of a Working Party at the Repair of a Canoe; The Role of Language in Work; Case Material on Specific Undertakings Labour SupplyLeadership in Work; Ideology of Production; Attitudes to Work; Efficiency of the Tikopia Labour Organization; Chapter V. Ritual in Productive Activity; The General Problem of Ritual and Economics; Some General Propositions for Tikopia; Different Forms of Ritual of Production; Ritual of Net-making; Effects of Ritual on Production; Chapter VI. Economic Functions of the Chiefs; Economic Position of a Potential Chief; The Role of the Chief in Production; The Imposition of Tapu; Classification of Taboos; The Chief as Consumer; A Chief gives a Feast; Social Effects of Feasts The Chief's contribution in the Tikopia EconomyChapter VII. Property and Capital in Production; Accumulation of Some Major Types of Goods; Canoes; Pandanus Mats; Sinnet; Bark-cloth; Concept of Ownership; Ownership of Land; Ownership of Manufactured Goods; Theft and the Conservation of Property; Entry of Goods into Production; Summary; Chapter VIII. Principles of Distribution and Payment; Apportionment of the Product of Co-operative Work; Food as Payment for Labour; Goods as Payment for Specialized Labour; Payment to Other Factors of Production; Payment for Non-labour Services; Covert Exchange The Concept of ReciprocityChapter IX. Exchange and Value; Exchange of Goods; Forced Exchange; Borrowing, Theft, and Compensation; Ceremonial Exchange; Marriage Exchanges; Exchange in Mortuary Ceremonies; The Economic Value of Goods; The Relative Worth of Goods in Tikopia; Spheres of Exchange; Ceremonial Destruction; Exchange in a Personalized Economy; Chapter X. Characteristics of a Primitive Economy; Appendix I: Synoptic Record of a Tikopia Year (1928-29); Variations in Daily Production; Appendix II: Some Linguistic Categories in Tikopia Distribution and Exchange Appendix III: Exchange Rates in a Culture Contact Situation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453745903321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Primitive Polynesian economy / / Raymond Firth
| Primitive Polynesian economy / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (633 p.) |
| Disciplina | 420 |
| Collana | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Raymond Firth : collected works |
| Soggetto topico |
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)
Economic anthropology |
| ISBN |
1-136-53724-4
0-415-86654-5 1-315-01753-9 1-136-53717-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; Diagram; Preface; Chapter I. Problems of Primitive Economics; Modern Studies in Primitive Economics; Methods and Theory of Modern Social Anthropology; Lack of Co-ordination between Anthropology and Economics; Major Problems of Tikopia Economics; Chapter II. Food and Population in Tikopia; Wants and their Satisfaction; The Social Context of Food; The Population Problem; Crude Factors of Population Pressure; Possible Changes in Agricultural Production
Population and Land of Chiefly GroupsCommand of Food Resources by Individuals; Cultivation of the Major Food Plants; Variations in Food Supply, 1928-9; Chapter III. Knowledge, Technique, and Economic Lore; The Level of Technical Achievement; Invention as a Cultural Process; Reason and Rule in Technical Procedure; The Distribution and Transmission of Economic Lore; Chapter IV. The Labour Situation; Division of Labour; Occupational Specialists; Types of Co-operation in Work; Study of a Working Party at the Repair of a Canoe; The Role of Language in Work; Case Material on Specific Undertakings Labour SupplyLeadership in Work; Ideology of Production; Attitudes to Work; Efficiency of the Tikopia Labour Organization; Chapter V. Ritual in Productive Activity; The General Problem of Ritual and Economics; Some General Propositions for Tikopia; Different Forms of Ritual of Production; Ritual of Net-making; Effects of Ritual on Production; Chapter VI. Economic Functions of the Chiefs; Economic Position of a Potential Chief; The Role of the Chief in Production; The Imposition of Tapu; Classification of Taboos; The Chief as Consumer; A Chief gives a Feast; Social Effects of Feasts The Chief's contribution in the Tikopia EconomyChapter VII. Property and Capital in Production; Accumulation of Some Major Types of Goods; Canoes; Pandanus Mats; Sinnet; Bark-cloth; Concept of Ownership; Ownership of Land; Ownership of Manufactured Goods; Theft and the Conservation of Property; Entry of Goods into Production; Summary; Chapter VIII. Principles of Distribution and Payment; Apportionment of the Product of Co-operative Work; Food as Payment for Labour; Goods as Payment for Specialized Labour; Payment to Other Factors of Production; Payment for Non-labour Services; Covert Exchange The Concept of ReciprocityChapter IX. Exchange and Value; Exchange of Goods; Forced Exchange; Borrowing, Theft, and Compensation; Ceremonial Exchange; Marriage Exchanges; Exchange in Mortuary Ceremonies; The Economic Value of Goods; The Relative Worth of Goods in Tikopia; Spheres of Exchange; Ceremonial Destruction; Exchange in a Personalized Economy; Chapter X. Characteristics of a Primitive Economy; Appendix I: Synoptic Record of a Tikopia Year (1928-29); Variations in Daily Production; Appendix II: Some Linguistic Categories in Tikopia Distribution and Exchange Appendix III: Exchange Rates in a Culture Contact Situation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790651203321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Primitive Polynesian economy / / Raymond Firth
| Primitive Polynesian economy / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (633 p.) |
| Disciplina | 420 |
| Collana | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Raymond Firth : collected works |
| Soggetto topico |
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)
Economic anthropology |
| ISBN |
1-136-53724-4
0-415-86654-5 1-315-01753-9 1-136-53717-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; Diagram; Preface; Chapter I. Problems of Primitive Economics; Modern Studies in Primitive Economics; Methods and Theory of Modern Social Anthropology; Lack of Co-ordination between Anthropology and Economics; Major Problems of Tikopia Economics; Chapter II. Food and Population in Tikopia; Wants and their Satisfaction; The Social Context of Food; The Population Problem; Crude Factors of Population Pressure; Possible Changes in Agricultural Production
Population and Land of Chiefly GroupsCommand of Food Resources by Individuals; Cultivation of the Major Food Plants; Variations in Food Supply, 1928-9; Chapter III. Knowledge, Technique, and Economic Lore; The Level of Technical Achievement; Invention as a Cultural Process; Reason and Rule in Technical Procedure; The Distribution and Transmission of Economic Lore; Chapter IV. The Labour Situation; Division of Labour; Occupational Specialists; Types of Co-operation in Work; Study of a Working Party at the Repair of a Canoe; The Role of Language in Work; Case Material on Specific Undertakings Labour SupplyLeadership in Work; Ideology of Production; Attitudes to Work; Efficiency of the Tikopia Labour Organization; Chapter V. Ritual in Productive Activity; The General Problem of Ritual and Economics; Some General Propositions for Tikopia; Different Forms of Ritual of Production; Ritual of Net-making; Effects of Ritual on Production; Chapter VI. Economic Functions of the Chiefs; Economic Position of a Potential Chief; The Role of the Chief in Production; The Imposition of Tapu; Classification of Taboos; The Chief as Consumer; A Chief gives a Feast; Social Effects of Feasts The Chief's contribution in the Tikopia EconomyChapter VII. Property and Capital in Production; Accumulation of Some Major Types of Goods; Canoes; Pandanus Mats; Sinnet; Bark-cloth; Concept of Ownership; Ownership of Land; Ownership of Manufactured Goods; Theft and the Conservation of Property; Entry of Goods into Production; Summary; Chapter VIII. Principles of Distribution and Payment; Apportionment of the Product of Co-operative Work; Food as Payment for Labour; Goods as Payment for Specialized Labour; Payment to Other Factors of Production; Payment for Non-labour Services; Covert Exchange The Concept of ReciprocityChapter IX. Exchange and Value; Exchange of Goods; Forced Exchange; Borrowing, Theft, and Compensation; Ceremonial Exchange; Marriage Exchanges; Exchange in Mortuary Ceremonies; The Economic Value of Goods; The Relative Worth of Goods in Tikopia; Spheres of Exchange; Ceremonial Destruction; Exchange in a Personalized Economy; Chapter X. Characteristics of a Primitive Economy; Appendix I: Synoptic Record of a Tikopia Year (1928-29); Variations in Daily Production; Appendix II: Some Linguistic Categories in Tikopia Distribution and Exchange Appendix III: Exchange Rates in a Culture Contact Situation |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826215703321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Symbols : public and private / / Raymond Firth
| Symbols : public and private / / Raymond Firth |
| Autore | Firth Raymond <1901-2002., > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2223 |
| Collana | Routledge revivals |
| Soggetto topico | Symbolism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-14546-1
1-283-96416-3 1-136-50558-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Symbols; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; I; 1. An Anthropologist's Reflections on Symbolic Usage; 2. A Question of Terms: Scope and Meaning of 'Symbol'; 3. Development of Anthropological Interest in Symbols; 4. Crystallization of Problems of Symbol Theory; 5. Modern Anthropological Views of Symbolic Processes; 6. Private Symbols and Public Reactions; II; 7. Food Symbolism in a Pre-Industrial Society; 8. Hair as Private Asset and Public Symbol; 9. Bodily Symbols of Greeting and Parting; 10. Symbolism of Flags; 11. Symbolism in Giving and Getting
12. Symbol and SubstanceReferences; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462696703321 |
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Firth Raymond <1901-2002., >
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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