Raymond William Firth (Auckland, 25 de março de 1901 — Londres, 22 de fevereiro de 2002) foi um etnólogo neozelandês.
Como resultado do trabalho etnográfico de Firth, o comportamento real das sociedades (organização social) é separado das regras idealizadas de comportamento dentro da sociedade particular (estrutura social). Ele foi professor de antropologia por muito tempo na London School of Economics, e é considerado o criador sozinho de uma forma de antropologia econômica britânica.
'The Korekore Pa' Journal of the Polynesian Society 34:1–18 (1925)
'The Māori Carver' Journal of the Polynesian Society 34:277–291 (1925)
Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Māori London: George Routledge and Sons (1929) (com prefácio de R.H. Tawney)
We the Tikopia: A Sociological Study of Kinship in Primitive Polynesia London: Allen and Unwin (1936)
Human Types: An Introduction to Social Anthropology (1958)
Primitive Polynesian Economy London: Routledge & Sons, Ltd (1939)
The Work of the Gods in Tikopia Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (1940, 1967)
'The Coastal People of Kelantan and Trengganu, Malaya' Geographical Journal 101(5/6):193-205 (1943)
Pacific Islands Volume 2: Eastern Pacific (ed, com J. W. Davidson e Margaret Davies), Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series, HMSO (dezembro de 1944)
Pacific Islands Volume 3: Western Pacific (Tonga to the Solomon Islands) (ed, com J. W. Davidson e Margaret Davies), Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series, HMSO (agosto de 1945)
Pacific Islands Volume 4: Western Pacific (New Guinea and Islands Northwards) (ed, com J. W. Davidson e Margaret Davies), Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series, HMSO (agosto de 1945)
Pacific Islands Volume 1: General Survey (ed, com J. W. Davidson e Margaret Davies), Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series, HMSO (Agosto 1945)
Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy Londres: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner (1946)
Elements of Social Organization Londres: Watts and Co (1951)
'Social Organization and Social Change' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 84:1–20 (1954)
'Some Principles of Social Organization' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 85:1–18 (1955)