Author: Carroll, Vern; editor:
Title: Adoption in Eastern Oceania
Description: Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1970. orig.cloth. 24x16cm, viii,422 pp, Series: Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Monograph No. 1.. Textual charts & tables. Minor rubbing, some page-edge soil, Good. ¶ Contains 15 papers. Includes: A. Howard, et al: "Traditional & Modern Adoption Patterns in Hawaii"; A. Hooper "Adoption in the Society Islands"; R.I. Levy "Tahitian Adoption as a Psychological Message"; P. Ottino " Adoption on Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago"; V. Carroll "Adoption on Nukuoro"; M.D. Lieber "Adoption on Kapingamarangi"; M. G. Silverman " Banaban Adoption"; H.P. Lundesgaarde "Some Legal Aspects of Gilbertese Adoption"; B. Lambert "Adoption, Guardianship, & Social Stratification in the Northern Gilbert Islands"; J.L. Fischer "Adoption on Ponape"; R.G. Goodenough "Adoption on Romonum, Truk"; A. Howard "Adoption on Rotuma"; H. W. Scheffler "Kinship & Adoption in the Northern New Hebrides"; W.H. Goodenough "Epilogue: Transactions in Parenthood".

Keywords: Social Anthropology, Eastern Oceania, Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Hawaii New Hebrides, Gilbert Islands, Ethnography Kinship, Adoption Sociology