Primitive Polynesian Economy

By Raymond Firth

Book Overview

"Primitive Polynesian Economy is one of the first serious attempts to apply the concepts of modern economic theory to the institutions of a primitive community, studied by anthropological field methods. In the small Polynesian island of Tikopia, Raymond Firth was able in the course of a year to observe and analyze in remarkable detail the economic transactions of the thirteen hundred inhabitants of a primitive peasant economy of agriculturalists and fishermen. For the second edition, he has written a new chapter discussing the changes that have taken place since the book was first published.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039300774X
• ISBN13: 9780393007749
• Release Date: July 1975
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"