TY - BOOK AU - Ross,Harold M TI - Baegu: social and ecological organization in Malaita, Solomon Islands T2 - Illinois studies in anthropology, SN - 0252002725 PY - 1973///] CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Human ecology KW - Solomon Islands KW - Malaita Province KW - Baegu (Melanesian people) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -