Island Networks Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania

Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history. Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of island empires, dialect groups, economic and political centres; the evolution and devolution of social stratification; and the development of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups.Hage, Per is the author of 'Island Networks Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania', published 2007 under ISBN 9780521033213 and ISBN 0521033217.