Bountiful island : a study of land tenure on a Micronesian atoll /

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In Bountiful Island a major Arctic scholar turns his eye on Micronesia: the small and isolated atoll of Pingelap in Micronesia lies in a moist climatic belt which encourages abundant plant life, including such food plants as coconuts, breadfruit and taro. In this detailed examination of land-tenure...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Damas, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Pingelap (Micronesian people) > Land tenure.
Pingelap (Micronesian people) > Social life and customs.
Land tenure > Micronesia > Pingelap Atoll.
Ethnology > Micronesia > Pingelap Atoll.
Pingelap (Peuple de Micronésie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Pingelap (Peuple de Micronésie) > Terres.
Seigneuries > Pingelap (Micronésie : Atoll)
Ethnologie > Pingelap (Micronésie : Atoll)
Ethnology
Land tenure
Manners and customs
Pingelap Atoll (Micronesia) > Social life and customs.
Pingelap (Micronésie : Atoll) > Mœurs et coutumes.
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  • Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; First Impressions of Pingelap and Conceptual Background; CHAPTER 2; History and Culture of Pingelap; CHAPTER 3; Habitat and Economy; CHAPTER 4; Boundaries, Norms, and Laws in Pingelapese Land Tenure; CHAPTER 5; Patterns of Pingelapese Land Inheritance; CHAPTER 6; Confirming the Division of Estates: The Derak Ceremony; CHAPTER 7; Land Tenure in the Pingelapese Colonies; CHAPTER 8; Pingelapese Land Tenure and External Relations; CHAPTER 9; The Pinelap Study in Comparative Perspective; Appendix: Catalogue of the Flora of Pingelap.

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