Church and state in Tonga : the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and political development, 1822-1875 / Sione Lātūkefu.

By:

Lātūkefu, Sione

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Canberra : Australian National University Press, 1974.Description: xvii, 302 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0708104029
9780708104026
0824803221
9780824803223

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

322/.1/099612

Summary: "Politically, Tonga, until 4 June 1970, was a constitutional monarchy under the protection of Great Britain. While the treaty which provided British protection was not entered into until the beginning of this century, became a constitutional monarchy in 1875. Varying opinions have been expressed concerning the part played in the development of this monarchical system by the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries, since their influence dominated the affairs of Tonga during the first fifty years of their work in the group"--Preface.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 996.12 LAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25010084
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 996.12 LAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH24120084

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296).

"Politically, Tonga, until 4 June 1970, was a constitutional monarchy under the protection of Great Britain. While the treaty which provided British protection was not entered into until the beginning of this century, became a constitutional monarchy in 1875. Varying opinions have been expressed concerning the part played in the development of this monarchical system by the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries, since their influence dominated the affairs of Tonga during the first fifty years of their work in the group"--Preface.