The South Seas in Transition

?Three things must be said at the outset about this book: first, that it is far more than its explanatory subtitle implies; secondly, that it is likely to be for a long time one of the standard works on the parts of the Pacific with which it deals; thirdly, that it is written by an anthropologist who is at the same time an economist, a discerning analyst of politicosocial institutions and, what is perhaps equally important, a humanist.?-Times (London) Literary Supplement