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Economic Development and Conflicting Values: A Social Experiment in Tristan da Cunha†

  1. Peter A. Munch

Article first published online: 28 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00050

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American Anthropologist

American Anthropologist

Volume 72, Issue 6, pages 1300–1318, December 1970

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Munch, P. A. (1970), Economic Development and Conflicting Values: A Social Experiment in Tristan da Cunha. American Anthropologist, 72: 1300–1318. doi: 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00050

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  1. Southern Illinois University

  • †

    I spent about four months on Tristan da Cunha, December 1937-March 1938, as a member of a Norwegian scientific expedition under the leadership of Dr. Erling Christophersen (1946–1968). In the summer of 1962, after a volcanic eruption caused the evacuation of the island and the removal of the entire population to England, two months were spent with the islanders at Calshot in Hampshire. After resettlement in 1963, I returned to Tristan da Cunha for a stay of six months, November 1964-April 1965. Financial support is gratefully acknowledged from the Social Science Research Council (1962), the National Science Foundation (1964/65), Southern Illinois University (1965), and the American Philosophical Society (1966).

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  1. Issue published online: 28 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 28 OCT 2009
  3. Accepted for publication 2 October 1969.

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