Baegu : social and ecological organization in Malaita, Solomon Islands / Harold M. Ross.
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TextSeries: Illinois studies in anthropology ; no. 8.Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1973]Description: 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0252002725
- 9780252002724
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Based on the author's thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325).
Introduction -- Fieldwork in Malaita -- The island environment -- The Baegu people -- Human ecology in Malaita -- Baegu world-view -- Baegu kinship ideology and social relations -- Baegu land tenure and property concepts -- Baegu residential groups -- The social composition of residential groups -- A structural interpretation of inconsistencies in Baegu ideology and practice -- Residential behavior : settlement patterns, residence rules, and spacing mechanisms -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A : Baegu phonology -- Appendix B : Baegu census data -- Appendix C : Glossary of Baegu words and idiomatic phrases.
Monograph based on a field study of the social and cultural anthropology on the baegu tribal peoples in Solomon Islands - covers social structures and ecological relationships, traditional culture, household composition, land tenure, et cetera Bibliography pp. 319 to 325, illustrations, maps and statistical tables.