Traditional Micronesian Societies : : Adaptation, Integration, and Political Organization in the Central Pacific / / Glenn Petersen.
Traditional Micronesian Societies explores the extraordinary successes of the ancient voyaging peoples who first settled the Central Pacific islands some two thousand years ago. They and their descendants devised social and cultural adaptations that have enabled them to survive-and thrive-under the...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 11 b&w images, 2 maps, 2 charts |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1. Introduction A Perspective on Traditional Micronesian Life
- CHAPTER 2. Micronesia and Micronesians
- CHAPTER 3. The Prehistory of Micronesian Societies
- CHAPTER 4. Descent and Descent Groups
- CHAPTER 5. Household and Family, Land and Labor
- CHAPTER 6. Chieftainship and Government
- CHAPTER 7. Politics and Leadership
- CHAPTER 8 .Aesthetics, Beliefs, Values, and Behavior
- CHAPTER 9 .Some Exceptions to the Pan-Micronesian Patterns
- CHAPTER 10. Epilogue Traditional Micronesian Societies and Modern Micronesian History
- Notes
- References Cited
- Index