Firth, Raymond,  1901-2002, <br/><br/>
We, the Tikopia :  a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia / 
by Raymond Firth ; with a preface by Bronislaw Malinowski. 
 - Second edition 
 - London :  George Allen and Unwin,  1957. 
 - xxvi, 605 pages, 15 pages of plates :  illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, plans, portraits ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> First ed.: 1936.  New Zealand author. 
<br/><br/>In primitive Polynesia -- Adjustment to civilization -- Village life -- Household and family -- Personal relations in the family circle -- The kin of father and mother -- Language of kinship -- Dirges for dead kin -- Co-operation and constraint in marriage relationships -- "House" and clan -- Principles of land tenure -- A modern population problem -- Firing the ovens of youth -- Sociology of sex -- Marriage by capture -- Kinship and social stability. 
<br/><br/> This comprehensive treatment of a tribal society was written after a year of field work on the small Pacific island of Tikopia in the 1920s, at a time when these Polynesian people were almost untouched by Western civilization. The religious, familial, political, economic, and cultural features of Tikopian tribal organization are covered in detail. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>a  58005965  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)--Kinship.<br/>Anthropology--Solomon Islands.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>572.9935