Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: March 1984
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780881330847
Subjects: Social Science / Ethnology; History - U.S.; Economic Anthropology; History - General History; United States - State & Local - General; Sociology; New Guinea; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; Barter; Ethnology; Folk-lore
First sentence: THE coastal populations of the South Sea Islands, with very few exceptions, are, or were before their extinction, expert navigators and traders.