Kapauku Papuan Economy

Pospisil, Leopold

Published by Human Relations Area Files, New Haven, 1972

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502,(12) pp, 24x17cm,Series: Yale University Publications in Anthropology, Nr. 67. Small tear to spine. Contents: Introductory Statement; Botukebo Village as a Segment of Kapauku Socio-Political Structure: Societal Structure; Political structure; Botukebo: The Village & the History of Its Residents; Demography; Fertility of the Botukebo Females; Residence Pattern of Botukebo; Households of Botukebo; Agriculture: Natural Environment; Plant Cultivation; Extensive Cultivation Method: A Shifting Cultivation on Mountain Slopes; Intensive Cultivation Method: Cultivation on the Floor of the Kamu Valley; Tree Cultivation; Land Tenure; The Economics of Agriculture of Botukebo; Organization of Labor; Gardens & Crops of Botukebo People; Relationship between Areas Cultivated & Certain Socio- Economic Factors; The Economic Role of the Title to the Land; Yields of Botukebo Gardens; Animal Husbandry: The Pig; The Economics of Pig Husbandry; The Chicken; Fishing, Hunting & Gathering: Fishing; Hunting & Trapping; Gathering; Construction & Manufacture: Kapauku Technology; Manufacture of Artifacts; Tenure of Manufactured Objects; Rights Limiting Ownership to Movables & Structures; Distribution: Kapauku Money Economy: Importance of Kapauku Money; Types of Kapauku Money; The Purchasing Power of Money & the Price-Making Process; Sale; Markets and Trade: Market Places; The Traders & Types of Trade; Non-Sale Types of Distribution: Barter; Gifts; Lease, Loans & Credit; Inheritance & Forcible Seizure of Property; Consumption: Food Consumption; Plant Consumption; Animal Consumption; Problem of Nutrition in Botukebo; The "Primitive" Kapauku Rubbed. Some page-edge spotting. Name inked on title-page. Good. Seller Inventory # 009424

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kapauku Papuan Economy

Publisher: Human Relations Area Files, New Haven

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: orig. wrappers

Illustrator: 12pp photoplates