Argonauts of the Western Pacific
- Argonauts of the Western Pacific
"Argonauts of the Western Pacific" is a 1922 book of anthropology by Bronislaw Malinowski. The book is about the Trobriand People who live on a small island chain, called the Kiriwina Islands, Northeast of Papua New Guinea. The book is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders; the other books include "The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia" (1929) and "Coral Gardens and their magic" (1935).
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/argonautsofthewe032976mbp Downloadable copy] from the Internet Archive
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