ABSTRACT

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 Polynesian social institutions.
First published in 1936.

chapter I|30 pages

In Primitive Polynesia

chapter II|20 pages

Adjustment to Civilization

chapter III|38 pages

Village Life

chapter IV|49 pages

Household and Family

chapter V|61 pages

Personal Relations in the Family Circle

chapter VI|36 pages

The Kin of Father and Mother

chapter VII|49 pages

The Language of Kinship

chapter VIII|19 pages

Dirges for Dead Kin

chapter X|29 pages

“ House ” and Clan

chapter XI|35 pages

Principles of Land Tenure

chapter XII|10 pages

A Modern Population Problem

chapter XIII|50 pages

Firing the Ovens of Youth

chapter XIV|63 pages

Sociology of Sex

chapter XV|44 pages

Marriage by Capture

chapter XVI|25 pages

Kinship and Social Stability