Marshall Sahlins: Poor Man, Rich Man, Big Man, Chief: Political Types in Melanesia and Polynesia. In: Comparative Studies in Society and History. Band 5, Nr. 3, April 1963, S. 285–303, hier S. 291 (englisch; JSTOR:177650); Zitat: “The making of the faction, however, is the true making of the Melanesian big-man. It is essential to establish relations of loyalty and obligation on the part of a number of people […]. The bigger the faction the greater the renown”.
