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  • Social Change in Tikopia

    Re-study of a Polynesian community after a generation

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Re-visiting Tikopia a decade after his first visit, Raymond Firth here examines what impact the forces of modernization had on Tikopia society with regard to economics, law, politics and social affairs. Suffering a famine whilst there, the author also examined the issues of responsibility for the famine; problems of distribution in ceremonial and ritual; institutional developments from the famine. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Primitive Polynesian Economy

    by Raymond Firth ...
    A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows:· Problems of Primitive Economics· Food and Population in Tikopia· Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore· The Labour Situation· Ritual in Productive Activity· Economic Functions of the Chiefs· Property and Capital in Production· Principles of Distribution and Payment· Exchange and Value· Characteristics ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Religion: A Humanist Interpretation

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Religion: A Humanist Interpretation represents a lifetime's work on the anthropology of religion from a rather unusual personal viewpoint. Raymond Firth treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements, but also of complex manipulation to serve the human interests of those who believe in it and operate it. His study is comparative, drawing material from a ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Elements of Social Organisation

    by Raymond Firth ...
    An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands. The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social change. Social ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Rank and Religion in Tikopia (Routledge Revivals)

    A Study in Polynesian Paganism and Conversion to Christianity.

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1970, this book represents a unique study of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place.Christianity came to the major islands of Polynesia nearly two centuries ago, and within a couple of generations, the traditional pagan religion had disappeared. Only a few remote islands such as Tikopia ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Symbols (Routledge Revivals)

    Public and Private

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour.The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here from a new angle, he ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • We the Tikopia

    A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature.The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophisticated study of ... Read more

    Was $82.99 USD Now $73.99 USD

  • Malay Fishermen

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, the titles in The Sociology of Development set of the International Library of Sociology explore the tension between agriculture and industry in developing economies ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Tikopia Ritual and Belief (Routledge Revivals)

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions. Most Polynesians became Christians more than a century ago but Tikopia had a substantial pagan population until quite recent years. This book of essays describes rites and beliefs of a people who still maintained their traditional institutions ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Essays on Social Organisation and Values

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
    In this volume Professor Firth has brought together and commented upon a number of his papers on anthropological subjects published over the last thirty years. All these essays relate in different ways to his continuing interest in the study of social process, especially in the significance within a social context of individual choice and decision. Although some specialist studies are included, e ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori (Routledge Revivals)

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1929, Raymond Firth’s original and insightful study offers an incredibly detailed account of the social and economic organisation of the Maori people before their contact with Western civilisation.Bridging the gap between anthropology and economics, the work covers the class structure, land system, industry, methods of co-operative labour, exchange and distribution, and the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Work of the Gods in Tikopia

    Second Edition

    by Raymond Firth ...
    Series series LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
    First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the performances of 1928-9 ... Read more

    $64.99 USD