ABSTRACT
Un ive r s i t y of Ca l i fo rn ia , Santa Barbara, and the Aus t r a l i an N a t i o n a l
Univers i ty , respectively.
M y hosts i n T a h i t i and other T a l i i t i a n s who aided m y research are
acknowledged i n the text. Here I w o u l d l i ke to thank Douglas Ol ive r ,
w h o supervised the o r i g i n a l dissertation, as w e l l as Ben Bambridge ,
R o n Crocombe, Bengt Danielsson, A l i ce Dewey, Jacques D r o l l e t ,
Kenne th Emory , M u r r a y Groves, A l l e n Hanson, Paul Kay, H e n r i
LaVondes, Robe r t Levy, H a r r y Maude , R i c h a r d Moench , A u r o r a
Natua , Paul O t t i n o , M i c h a e l Panoff, R o n Wat ters and other col-
leagues w h o have taken an interest i n m y attempts to analyze T a h i t i a n
socio-economic change. T h e prepara t ion of this new version took
place w h i l e T was a Senior Fe l low of the Techno logy and Develop-
ment In s t i t u t e of the East-West Center of H o n o l u l u , H a w a i i .
