Aftermath of Renaissance
Restudy of A Maori Tribe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2497802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felix M Keesing (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-9 |
| Publication date | 1962-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.21.1.k06510u44k750470 |
| OpenAlex | W2081304895 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article reports on a return visit, made in 1958, to a Polynesian Maori tribe which the author had studied in 1928: the Ngatiporou of the isolated East Coast district in New Zealand. This tribe occupies bays and small valleys along a rugged coastline, backed by open grassy hills; high forested mountains further inland dry out the prevailing winds, minimizing precipitation. Among the fifty or so Maori tribes it was small and of no particular prestige. Yet, in the early twentieth century, when Maori survival in the face of encroaching whites seemed dubious, and their numbers had dropped below 50,000, its tribesmen pioneered a series of economic, political, and social experiments which led to modernization of land titles, effective farming, and revitalization of tribal and community life. By 1928, the Ngatiporou had become the focal group in what was being called a Maori renaissance, and even the most shattered and regressive tribes were beginning to follow their lead
Ancient history · Ethnology · Face (sociological concept) · Geography · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Social science · Sociology · The Renaissance · Tribe · Anthropology · History · Law · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 1971 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |