Acknowledgements

"Acknowledgements". Acknowledgements. 2006-01-01. pp. xv–xvi. doi:10.51644/9780889208438-003 .

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Abstract: For one moving into a new cultural area late in career I was surprised at some of the responses received in answer to my inquiries by colleagues who had preceded me. There were those who displayed an unexpected territoriality, blocking out large areas of the Pacific for their future study or for the future study of their students. Then there were those who expressed the view that with the large number of anthropological theses and publications that had been produced there was little left to do in the area. While I was somewhat discouraged by these negative reactions, on balance, those who were helpful and encouraging far outnumbered such naysayers, as indicated below. My original plan had been to study a Polynesian outlier in the then-British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Roger Green and Tim Bayliss-Smith gave encouragement to me in this plan. With negative response from the government in that region I turned my interests in a new direction. Ivan Brady first suggested that I explore the possibility of research in the U. S. Trust Territory of the Pacific, and he has continued to offer encouragement through the years. Saul Riesenberg suggested Ngatik and Pingelap atolls as appropriate places for my study. Bruce VanDyke sent a tape

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