| Description |
xii, 297 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The creation myth -- 2. Archaeology and prehistory / Jens Poulsen -- 3. Oral tradition and prehistory / as told to Noel Rutherford by Ve'ehala and Tupou Posesi Fanua -- 4. The maritime explorers / Robert Langdon -- 5. Tongan society at the time of European contact / H. G. Cummins -- 6. The coming of foreigners / Niel Gunson -- 7. The Wesleyan mission / Sione Latukefu -- 8. The Catholic mission / Hugh Laracy -- 9. George Tupou I and Shirley Baker / Noel Rutherford -- 10. George Tupou II and the British Protectorate / 'Eseta Fusitu'a and Noel Rutherford -- 11. Queen Sālote Tupou III / A. H. Wood and Elizabeth Wood Ellem -- 12. Contemporary Tonga : the background of social and cultural change / George E. Marcus -- 13. Contemporary Tonga : an economic survey. / John R. Baker |
| Analysis |
Australian |
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Tonga, to 1976. Essays |
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Tonga - History |
| Notes |
Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index |
| Notes |
Includes text in Tongan |
| Subject |
Marist Fathers
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Tongan language -- Texts
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Tonga, to 1976. Essays.
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Tongan language.
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| SUBJECT |
Tonga -- History
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| Subject |
Tonga.
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Tonga -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Texts.
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| Author |
Rutherford, Noel, 1931-, editor of compilation
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| LC no. |
78322409 |
| ISBN |
9780195505191 |
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0195505190 |
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