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Under the ivi tree : society and economic growth in rural Fiji /

This study concerns the differentials of economic growth among the Fijian people. It brings together relevant factors drawn from social, cultural, economic and political analysis. As a case study in economic growth, it portrays the interplay between individuals and the social and economic conditions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Belshaw, Cyril S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2004.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South Pacific and Australasia ; II.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Prolegomena; I. The Fijian Way of Life: A Romance; II. A View of Fiji and the Sigatoka Region; III. The Village and Social Structure; Part Two: Enterprise Emergent; IV. The Nadroga Banana Venture; V. Bureaucracy Guides Enterprise; VI. Fijian Corporate Organizations; VII. Sugar: Company Paternalism; VIII. Experiments of the Fijian Farmer; IX. Market Middlemen; Part Three: Factors of Growth and Stasis; X. Conservatism or Change?; XI. The Preference for Leisure; XII. The Ambiguity of Communalism.
  • XIII. The Role of CeremonialXIV. Belief and the Spirit of Enterprise; XV. The Supply of Labour; XVI. Manipulation of Land; XVII. Capital and the Supply of Credit; XVIII. Fijian Bureaucracy; XIX. Social Services and the Church; XX. Communication, Verbal and Physical; Part Four: Conclusion; XXI. Under the Ivi Tree; Appendices; I. The Constitution of the 'Vunamoli Association'; II. Copy of Komave Society Accounts; III. Work Diary of Aloysius Ravuame Moko; IV. Sales of Produce to Roadside Middlemen; V. Purchases by Roadside Middlemen.
  • VI. Discrepancies and Adjustments in Land Status and RegistrationVII. Cash and Kind in Agricultural Planting; VIII. Note on Tobacco Production; IX. The Fijian Establishment; Index.