Introduction: the architecture of the world system
Part 1: The structural-historical context of contemporary Tahitian society. The forces of transformation
The domestication of Tahitian women
French agendas: nuclear colony and welfare state colonialism
Part 2: Rural Tahitian society and capitalism. Tubuai modernization: linkages and dependency
Contemporary Tubuai socioeconomic organization: households, the peasant mode of production, and class
Islanders and capitalism: the Tubuai Potato Project
Women and development in contemporary rural Tahitian society
Conclusions: scenarios for the future.
