Peter A.Munch
A Sociologist Visits Tristan da Cunha [book review]
The personal diary of Peter A. Munch, a young sociologist who joined a Norwegian scientific expedition to Tristan da Cunha in the autumn of 1937, has recently been published. Munch published his landmark dissertation the Sociology of Tristan da Cunha in 1945, and several decades later he wrote a number of scholarly journal articles about […]
Cooperation and Atomism Essential to Tristan Islanders
The Tristan Islanders are a very kind, peace-loving, considerate people who have a strong sense of respect for the personal integrity of others. According to a 1981 journal article about the culture of the island, which has just been added to the Archive of this website, anyone who might break the code of values on […]
Return of the Tristan Islanders
With a plot worthy of Hollywood, Peter Munch prepared an engaging journal article about the way the Tristan Islanders persuaded the British government to let them return home from exile. His 1964 article, now available as a PDF in the Archive of this website, opens with a brief history of the small island in the […]
