Primitive Polynesian Economy

Primitive Polynesian Economy is one of the first serious attempts to apply the concepts of modern economic theory to the institutions of a primitive community studied by anthropological field methods. In the small Polynesian island of Tikopia Raymond Firth was able in the course of a year to observe and analyze in remarkable detail the economic transactions of the thirteen hundred inhabitants of a primitive peasant economy of agriculturalists and fishermen. For the second edition he has written a new chapter discussing the changes that have taken place since the book was first published.