ISBN:
9780415262491
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1031 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Coral Gardens and Their Magic : The Description of Gardening [1935]
DDC:
306.09953
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The first part of a two-volume classic devoted to the agriculture and agricultural rites of the Trobriand islanders. This work looks at the significance of agriculture in the Trobriand Islands
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Contents; List of Illustrations; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: TRIBAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TROBRIANDERS; PART TWO: GARDENS AND THEIR MAGIC ON A CORAL ATOLL; I. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF GARDENING; II. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: EARLY WORK AND INAUGURATIVE MAGIC; III. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: PREPARING THE SOIL AND PLANTING THE SEED; IV. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: THE MAGIC OF GROWTH; V. HARVEST; VI. THE CUSTOMARY LAW OF HARVEST GIFTS; VII. THE WORK AND MAGIC OF PROSPERITY; VIII. STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BWAYMA
Description / Table of Contents:
IX. A COMPARATIVE GLANCE AT TROBRIAND GARDENINGX. THE CULTIVATION OF TARO, PALMS AND BANANAS; XI. THE METHOD OF FIELD-WORK AND THE INVISIBLE FACTS OF NATIVE LAW AND ECONOMICS; XII. LAND TENURE; PART THREE: DOCUMENTS AND APPENDICES; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
