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A Solomon Island Society : Kinship and Leadership Among the Siuai of Bougainville / Douglas L. Oliver.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oliver, Douglas L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership.
- Siuai (Papuan people).
- Local Subjects:
- Leadership.
- Siuai (Papuan people).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (555 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "A Solomon Island Society".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Introduction
- I. A SURVEY OF SIUAI LIFE
- CHAPTER 1. Physical Adaptation
- CHAPTER 2. Some Beliefs About Nature and Man
- CHAPTER 3. Social Units
- II. SOCIAL RELATIONS
- CHAPTER 4. Households
- CHAPTER 5. Developmental Cycle of the Nuclear Family
- CHAPTER 6. Hamlets
- CHAPTER 7. Outline of Kin Relations
- CHAPTER 8. Associations
- III. LEADERSHIP
- CHAPTER 9. Accumulating Capital
- CHAPTER 10. Acquiring Renown
- Chapter 11. The Rewards and Burdens of Leadership
- CHAPTER 12. Leadership and Warfare
- CHAPTER 13. A Leader in Action
- CHAPTER 14. Analysis of Leadership and Its Effects
- IV. GENERALIZATIONS, CONJECTURES, AND QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER 15. Integration
- CHAPTER 16. Explanation
- CHAPTER 17. Evaluation
- NOTES
- SUBJECT INDEX
- AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-18311-8
- OCLC:
- 1013937983
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