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  • ESSAYS ON SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND VALUES
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    ESSAYS ON SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND VALUES
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    In this volume Professor Firth has brought together and commented upon a number of his papers on anthropological subjects published over the last thirty years. All these essays relate in different ways to his continuing interest in the study of social process, especially in the significance within a social context of individual choice and decision. Although some specialist stud...

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  • THE WORK OF THE GODS IN TIKOPIA
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    THE WORK OF THE GODS IN TIKOPIA
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the perf...

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  • TWO STUDIES OF KINSHIP IN LONDON
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    TWO STUDIES OF KINSHIP IN LONDON
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    In 1947 members of the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, under the leadership of Professor Firth, made a study of kinship in a South London borough. More recently, to provide comparative material, Professor Garigue investigated kinship patterns among Italian immigrants in London. The results of these two pioneering studies are here presented, with an...

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  • WE THE TIKOPIA
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    WE THE TIKOPIA
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature. The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophist...

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  • ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL ORGANISATION
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    ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL ORGANISATION
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    An illuminating introduction to the methods and problems of social anthropology, this book draws on a wide range of illustrations, including Raymond Firth's own experiences in New Zealand, Malaya and the Solomon Islands.The concept of social organisation is discussed with special reference to the role of individual choice and decision in social affairs and the nature of social ...

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  • SOCIAL CHANGE IN TIKOPIA
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    SOCIAL CHANGE IN TIKOPIA
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Re-visiting Tikopia a decade after his first visit, Raymond Firth here examines what impact the forces of modernization had on Tikopia society with regard to economics, law, politics and social affairs. Suffering a famine whilst there, the author also examined the issues of responsibility for the famine; problems of distribution in ceremonial and ritual; institutional developme...

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  • PRIMITIVE POLYNESIAN ECONOMY
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    PRIMITIVE POLYNESIAN ECONOMY
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    A great classic of British anthropology, Primitive Polynesian Economy is structured as follows: · Problems of Primitive Economics · Food and Population in Tikopia · Knowledge, Technique and Economic Lore · The Labour Situation · Ritual in Productive Activity · Economic Functions of the Chiefs · Property and Capital in Production · Principles of Distribution and Payment · Exchan...

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  • RANK AND RELIGION IN TIKOPIA (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    RANK AND RELIGION IN TIKOPIA (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Originally published in 1970, this book represents a unique study of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place. Christianity came to the major islands of Polynesia nearly two centuries ago, and within a couple of generations, the traditional pagan religion had disappeared. Only a few remote island...

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  • RELIGION: A HUMANIST INTERPRETATION
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    RELIGION: A HUMANIST INTERPRETATION
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    Religion: A Humanist Interpretation represents a lifetime's work on the anthropology of religion from a rather unusual personal viewpoint. Raymond Firth treats religion as a human art, capable of great intellectual and artistic achievements, but also of complex manipulation to serve the human interests of those who believe in it and operate it. His study is comparative, drawing...

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  • SYMBOLS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    SYMBOLS (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    This book first published in 1973 offers a broad survey of the study of symbolic ideas and behaviour. The study of symbolism is popular nowadays and anthropologists have made substantial contributions to it. Raymond Firth has long been internationally known for his field research in the Solomons and Malaysia, and for his theoretical work on kinship, economics and religion. Here...

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  • TIKOPIA RITUAL AND BELIEF (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    TIKOPIA RITUAL AND BELIEF (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions. Most Polynesians became Christians more than a century ago but Tikopia had a substantial pagan population until quite recent years. This book of essays describes rites and beliefs of a people who still maintained their traditiona...

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  • PRIMITIVE ECONOMICS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
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    PRIMITIVE ECONOMICS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    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 distr...

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  • MALAY FISHERMEN
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    MALAY FISHERMEN
    RAYMOND FIRTH
    The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, the titles in The Sociology of Development set of the International Library of Sociology explore the tension between agriculture and industry in ...

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