Early Tonga as the exploreres saw it : 1616-1810
"Ethnographic observations and experiences on the Tongan islands up to 1810 - just prior to intensive Christian missiionary activities - provide an early historic baseline of culture for those interested in alter culture change in Tonga, the only Polynesian island group that has never been rule...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Tucson
The University of Arizona Press
2015
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| Ausgabe: | First paperback edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Ethnographic observations and experiences on the Tongan islands up to 1810 - just prior to intensive Christian missiionary activities - provide an early historic baseline of culture for those interested in alter culture change in Tonga, the only Polynesian island group that has never been ruled by outsiders. Ferdon has drawn on a variety of records to provide [an] ... account of major aspects of Tongan life ... - at the time when European influences were only beginning to modify traditional island patterns."--Back cover Preface -- 1. The Tongans and their dwellings (The Tongans ; Dress and ornament ; Settlement pattern ; Buildings ; 'Esi platform mounds) -- 2. Social organization and government (The chiefs ; Matāpule ; Mu'a ; Tu'a ; The commoner and tu'a classes ; Crime and punishment ; The loss of Tu'i Tongan authority) -- 3. Kava: the drink for all occasions (Physiological effects ; Ceremonialism) -- 4. Religion (The gods; Consecrated areas ; Priests ; Major religious ceremonies) 5. Daily life (Morning kava ritual ; Eating taboos ; Meals and their preparation ; Professions and crafts ; Ngatu: or decorated bark cloth) -- 6. From birth to death (Childhood ; Marriage and divorce ; Adoption ; Manners of greeting ; Illness and medical practices ; Death and burial) -- 7. Recreation (Hunting ; Contact sports ; Musical instruments ; Dances ; Songs) -- 8. The quest for food (Domesticated crops ; Animal husbandry ; Agricultural taboos ; Food from the sea) 9. Trade and transportation (Internal exchange ; External barter ; Land transportation ; Indigenous types of canoes ; Distant voyaging) -- 10. War and peace (Weapons ; Warriors ; Techniques of battle ; Fortifications ; A ceremony of peace) -- 11. Epilogue |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 339 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780816531691 978-0-8165-3169-1 0816531692 0-8165-3169-2 9780816501434 978-0-8165-0143-4 0816501432 0-8165-0143-2 |