Unity of Heart: Culture and Change in a Polynesian Atoll Society
The authors are social anthropologists affiliated with Southern Oregon University. They write here about their fieldwork in Nanumea, one of eight separate island communities comprising the modern Pacific nation of Tuvalu. The book includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a study guide, but, inexplicably, no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Geographic NoteIXPrefaceXIAcknowledgmentsXVII1Encountering Nanumea1Learning to Speak2Fieldwork Methods3A Second Chance10A Third Visit13Seeking Feedback16Looking Back over a Quarter Century16Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading182"Of the Island"21Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading383Tefolaha in the Cookhouse41Family Corporations42A Cookhouse Encounter49Community Foundations51Myths and "Reality"52Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading544Emerging from the "Days of Darkness"57Dating Tefolaha58Precontact Society61Themes in Nanumean Traditional History63Explorers and Whalers68Missionaries71Traders, Beachcombers, and Sailors74Under Colonial Administration76The War Years80Passage to Independence82Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading855Coral and Sand91A Marginal Human Habitat92"What Do We Rely on for Life?"95Shared Estates96Working the Lands101Coconut and Water105Root Crops and Prestige111Using the Sea115Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading1226Something for All125Categorizing Exchange127Sharing and Compassion130Sharing in Practice132The Local Cooperative Store135Dilemmas Facing Entrepreneurs140Group Selling143Household Strategies for Making Money146Changes in Cash Income155Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading1577Family Matters161Networks of Kin162Clues about Family Relationships163Balancing Respect and Caring170To Marry or Not to Marry175Children as a Blessing180Household Dynamics185Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading1878Community191Community Organization192Heart of the Community199Service-Oriented Leadership205Getting Along Together210Heirs of Tefolaha217Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading2189Challenges of the Twenty-first Century221Rising Sea Levels223Local Identity, National Identity, and Pressures for Westernization225Inroads of Capitalism230Equality under Threat232Leadership Issues234Balancing Urban and Outer Island Opportunities236Looking to the Future241Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading24110Unity of Heart245Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading249Glossary of Tuvaluan Words251Bibliography257Study Guide275
