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A Solomon Island Society : Kinship and Leadership among the Siuai of Bougainville / Douglas L. Oliver.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1955Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (533 p.) : 54 halftones, 30 line illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674183100
  • 9780674183117
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 572.9935
LOC classification:
  • DU850 .O4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Introduction -- I. A SURVEY OF SIUAI LIFE -- CHAPTER 1. Physical Adaptation -- CHAPTER 2. Some Beliefs About Nature and Man -- CHAPTER 3. Social Units -- II. SOCIAL RELATIONS -- CHAPTER 4. Households -- CHAPTER 5. Developmental Cycle of the Nuclear Family -- CHAPTER 6. Hamlets -- CHAPTER 7. Outline of Kin Relations -- CHAPTER 8. Associations -- III. LEADERSHIP -- CHAPTER 9. Accumulating Capital -- CHAPTER 10. Acquiring Renown -- Chapter 11. The Rewards and Burdens of Leadership -- CHAPTER 12. Leadership and Warfare -- CHAPTER 13. A Leader in Action -- CHAPTER 14. Analysis of Leadership and Its Effects -- IV. GENERALIZATIONS, CONJECTURES, AND QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 15. Integration -- CHAPTER 16. Explanation -- CHAPTER 17. Evaluation -- NOTES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Introduction -- I. A SURVEY OF SIUAI LIFE -- CHAPTER 1. Physical Adaptation -- CHAPTER 2. Some Beliefs About Nature and Man -- CHAPTER 3. Social Units -- II. SOCIAL RELATIONS -- CHAPTER 4. Households -- CHAPTER 5. Developmental Cycle of the Nuclear Family -- CHAPTER 6. Hamlets -- CHAPTER 7. Outline of Kin Relations -- CHAPTER 8. Associations -- III. LEADERSHIP -- CHAPTER 9. Accumulating Capital -- CHAPTER 10. Acquiring Renown -- Chapter 11. The Rewards and Burdens of Leadership -- CHAPTER 12. Leadership and Warfare -- CHAPTER 13. A Leader in Action -- CHAPTER 14. Analysis of Leadership and Its Effects -- IV. GENERALIZATIONS, CONJECTURES, AND QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 15. Integration -- CHAPTER 16. Explanation -- CHAPTER 17. Evaluation -- NOTES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX

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