Project Gutenberg 2011-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 260 Thomson, Basil 1861 1939 Thomson, Basil Home, Sir Thomson, Basil C. Corney, Bolton Glanvill 1851 1924 Corney, B. Glanvill (Bolton Glanvill) Stewart, James 1811 1900 09008032 The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom Produced by Jason Isbell, Suzanne Lybarger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom" by Basil Thomson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The text explores the transformative changes and the decline of traditional customs among the Fijians under the influence of Western civilization and missionary activities. It aims to detail this cultural shift, especially concerning the Fijians' customs, belief systems, and social organization. The opening of the work introduces the author's extensive experience living among the Fijians for over a decade, during which he assumed various roles including Stipendiary Magistrate and Commissioner of the Native Lands Court. It discusses the struggle between traditional customs and the encroaching modern influences, illustrating how the Fijians are neither entirely savage nor civilized, but rather exist in a state of cultural transition. Thomson highlights the ambiguous outcomes of missionary efforts, which have changed moral and religious beliefs without addressing practical issues such as health and agriculture, resulting in a population that has become progressively complacent and disconnected from their former customs. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fijians Ethnology -- Fiji DU Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 1043687 1043700 2024-09-16T08:22:38.345916 2023-09-17T03:39:25.292034 text/html text/html 1037811 2011-12-28T13:37:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 17292468 2011-12-28T14:03:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 15012349 2024-09-16T08:23:01.317304 application/epub+zip 15021116 2024-09-16T08:22:44.231862 application/epub+zip 472939 2024-09-16T08:22:40.857881 application/epub+zip 14765141 2024-09-16T08:23:11.920220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 14669323 2024-09-16T08:22:56.687278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 703941 2022-09-17T14:02:33.734611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 916483 916257 2024-09-16T08:22:35.764891 2023-09-17T03:39:22.545983 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 916110 2011-12-28T13:31:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 347820 2011-12-28T14:03:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 916144 2011-12-28T13:31:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347667 2011-12-28T14:03:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21311 2024-09-16T08:23:12.118207 application/rdf+xml 17024 2024-09-16T08:22:41.311864 image/jpeg 3841 2024-09-16T08:22:41.087885 image/jpeg 17360540 2024-09-16T08:22:38.602886 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia