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Author Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth.

Title Queen Sālote of Tonga : the story of an era 1900-1965 / Elizabeth Wood-Ellem
Published Auckland : Auckland University Press, 1999

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 W'PONDS  996.12 Ell/Qso  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 27 unnumbered pages, 376 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
Contents Notes on Tongan Spelling and on Chiefly Titles -- 1. Her Mother's Daughter -- 2. Ancestors and Antecedents -- 3. A Dynastic Marriage -- 4. The First Year of a Reign -- 5. At Home at the Palace -- 6. The British Connection -- 7. Aristocrats, Nobles, and Lesser Chiefs -- 8. God and Tonga Are My Inheritance -- 9. Problems with Judges -- 10. The Queen's Sister: Princess Fusipala -- 11. The Queen's Consort: Tungi Mailefihi -- 12. The Chief Justice Plays the Champion -- 13. The Greatest Loss of All -- 14. America Invades Tonga -- 15. Mother and Sons -- 16. At the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II -- 17. Changing Roles -- 18. Reconstructing Tradition -- 19. "The Sun has Fallen"
Summary "When Queen Salote of Tonga attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London in 1953, she was greeted as the tallest queen of the smallest kingdom and gained universal admiration by her natural dignity and the warmth of her personality. This event reinforced Queen Salote's reputation as a universally beloved monarch."--BOOK JACKET. "Vulnerable at the beginning of her reign, Queen Salote succeeded to her titles under threat of annexation and with the enmity of a powerful clique of chiefs who perpetuated dynastic quarrels and resisted centralized government. Queen Salote soon won the confidence and loyalty of significant people, not least the representatives of the British government in the Western Pacific, and profoundly influenced the opinion and behaviour of her subjects by personal example. This account of Queen Salote's life and times is more than a biography, for it also describes the politics and social structure of a small kingdom that was a world in microcosm."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes genealogical charts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-357) and index
Subject Salote Tupou, Queen of Tonga III, 1900-1965
Salute Tupou III, Queen of Tonga, 1900-1965
Salute Tupou, Queen of Tonga III, 1900-1965
Sālote Tupou, Queen of Tonga III, 1900-1965
SUBJECT Tonga http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80106710 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Tonga http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80106710 -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436
Tonga http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80106710 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Genre/Form Biographies.
Author American Council of Learned Societies.
LC no. 99232884
ISBN 1869402057
1869402626 (paperback)
OTHER TI ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012023082