'Univesiti Fakafonua 'a Tonga -
Tonga National University
Ko e Mo’oni, Ko e Totonu mo e Tau’ataina - Truth, Justice, Freedom


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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication 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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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.

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