Power on The Extreme Periphery: The Perspective of Tongan Elites in The Modern Wo•Rld System1

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Pacific ViewpointVolume 22, Issue 1 p. 48-64 ArticleFree Access Power on The Extreme Periphery: The Perspective of Tongan Elites in The Modern Wo•Rld System1 George E. Marcus, George E. MarcusSearch for more papers by this author George E. Marcus, George E. MarcusSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1981 https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.221003Citations: 54 † 1 A longer version of this paper was presented at a symposium on dependency and development in the Pacific, during the annual meeting of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceani a, Galveston, Texas, February, 1980. This paper is based on my fieldwork in Tonga during the summer months of 1972, a full year in 1973–74, and a brief visit in 1975. In addition, between 1974 and 1978, I attempted to track specific family networks, during brief visits to Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. AboutSectionsPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1Benedict, Burton, 1967, Problems of Small Territories, London, Athlone Press. 2Bollard, Alan E., 1974, The Impact of Monetisation in Tonga, Unpublished MA thesis, University of Auckland. 3Marcus, George E., 1974, “A Hidden Dimension of Family Development in the Modern Kingdom of Tonga”, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 5, 1, 87– 102. 4Marcus, George E., 1978, “Land Tenure and Elite Formation in the Neotraditional Monarchies of Tonga and Buganda”, American Ethnologist, 5, 3, 509– 534. 5Marcus, George E., 1980, The Nobility and the Chiefly Tradition in the Modern Kingdom of Tonga, The Polynesian Society, Memoir No. 42, Wellington. 6Sevele, F. V., 1973, Regional Inequalities in Socio-Economic Development in Tonga: A Preliminary Study, Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N.Z. 7Silverman, M. G., 1969, “ Maximize Your Options: A Study in Values. Symbols, and Social Structure”, in Forms of Symbolic Action, Robert F. Spencer (Ed.), Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society, University of Washington Press, Seattle. 8Smith, Carol A., 1976, “ Exchange Systems and the Spatial Distribution of Elites: The Organization of Stratification in Agrarian Societies”, in Regional Analysis: Social Systems, Carol A. Smith (Ed.), Academic Press, New York. 9 UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), 1971, Small States and Territories,-Status and Problems, Arno Press, New York. 10Vital, David, 1967, The Inequality of States: A Study of the Small Power in International Relations, Oxford University Press. 11Vital, David, 1971, The Survival of Small Stales, Oxford University Press. 12Wallerstein, Immanuel, 1974, The Modern World-System, Academic Press, New York. Citing Literature Volume22, Issue1May 1981Pages 48-64 ReferencesRelatedInformation