Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Cover of the first edition
Author	Bronisław Malinowski
Language	English
Series	Studies in economics and political science, no. 65.
Subject	Ethnography
Publisher	London, G. Routledge & Sons; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co.
Publication date	1922
Media type	Print
OCLC	647026285
Followed by	The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia, Coral Gardens and Their Magic

Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea is a 1922 ethnography by Bronisław Malinowski, which has had enormous impact on the ethnographic genre. The book is about the Trobriand people who live on the small Kiriwana island chain northeast of the island of New Guinea. It is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders, including The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929) and Coral Gardens and Their Magic (1935).