description: 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.
language: English
title: We the Tikopia: A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia
titlecomplete: We the Tikopia: A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia
genres: Anthropology
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Routledge