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Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori (Routledge Revivals)
About this book
First published in 1929, Raymond Firth's original and insightful study offers an incredibly detailed account of the social and economic organisation of the Maori people before their contact with Western civilisation.
Bridging the gap between anthropology and economics, the work covers the class structure, land system, industry, methods of co-operative labour, exchange and distribution, and the psychological foundations of Maori society. This reissue will be welcomed by all students of anthropology and anyone interested the history of the Maori people.
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Index
Aborigines Protection Society, on native land ownership, 376 n.
Adoption, 111–113
Adze, conversion to heitiki, 475; adzing, 209
Aesthetic Interest, in environment, 45; as element in economic value, 388–390
Agriculture, origin of, 6–8; Maori, 51–52, 61, 65–66, 185, 197, 219–220, 221; magic and work in, 253–259, 263–267; table of, 254; adoption of European methods in, 458–460, 461–463, 469
Altar (tuahu), 79
Ambilateral Group, 98
Ancestors, feeling for, 86–89
Ancestral right to land, 378–380
Anderson, J. C., on native plant names, 44 n.
Angas, G. F., 185 n., 208 n., 319, 322
Anthropology and economic theory, 2–5; and social reform, 351
Apportionment, v. Distribution
Arawa canoe, 101–102, 377
Ariki, 91–95, 118, 226–227; income of, 285–288; and land, 369–370
Armstrong, W. E., 25, 415
Art, Maori, 54; and work, 171–173; decay of, 470
Aruhe v. Fern-root
Ashley, W., 3
Astronomy, Maori, 46–48
Aukati boundary, 466
Aute (paper mulberry), 69
Bachofen, J. J., on origin of agriculture, 7
Bagehot, W., on universality of economics, 3
Barter and gift-exchange, 403–404; (v. also Gift, Exchange, Reciprocity)
Barton, R. F., 25
Baucke, W., 63, 107, 182, 278; on tohunga, 291–292; on Maori gluttony, 323
Beattie, H., 68, 372 n., 439
Below, G. von, 7 n., 18
Best, Elsdon, on Maori economic lore, 42–43; on Maori agriculture, 51, 185 n., 189; on calendar, 64; social organization, 75; on ariki, 91, 93; on whanau, 96; on Maori family, 102–107, 110; on Maori individualism, 121–124; on fowling, 132 et seq.; on industry, 167, 168 n.; o...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- I. The Study of Primitive Economics
- II. The Maori and his Economic Resources
- III. Social Structure and Economic Organization
- IV. The Psychology of Work
- V. The Nature of Maori Industry
- VI. The Organization of Production
- VII. Magic in Economics
- VIII. The Distribution of Goods and Payment for Labour
- IX. The Feast
- X. The Ownership and Command of Wealth
- XI. The Land
- XII. The Exchange of Gifts
- XIII. Native Tracks and Canoe-Ways
- XIV. The Economic Aspect of Culture Change
- XV. The Maori Community
- Bibliography
- Index