Traditional Micronesian societies
Subtitle: adaptation, integration, and political organization in the Central Pacific
By: Glenn Petersen.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780824832483
Subjects: Ethnology -- Micronesia; Matrilineal kinship -- Micronesia; Clans -- Micronesia; Social networks -- Micronesia; Chiefdoms -- Micronesia; Micronesia -- History; Micronesia -- Politics and government; Micronesia -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a perspective on traditional Micronesian life; title: Micronesia and Micronesians; title: The prehistory of Micronesian societies; title: Descent and descent groups; title: Household and family, land and labor; title: Chieftainship and government; title: Politics and leadership; title: Aesthetics, beliefs, values, and behavior; title: Some exceptions to the pan-Micronesian patterns; title: Epilogue : traditional Micronesian societies and modern Micronesian history.