num_pages: 620
description: First published in 1922, this classic text examines the extensive and complex trading system maintained by the Trobriand Islanders. While the main theme is economics and social organization, the power of magic, mythology and folklore are also examined.
language: English
title: Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
titlecomplete: Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
genres: Social Science, History, Sociology, Economics, Science, Ethnography, Nonfiction, Humanities, Academic, Anthropology
ratings_count: 1341
publisher: Routledge