Tongan society at the time of Captain Cook's visits : discussions with Her Majesty Queen Sālote Tupou / by Elizabeth Bott, with the assistance of Tavi.
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TextSeries: Memoirs of the Polynesian Society ; no. 44.Publication details: Wellington [N.Z.] : Polynesian Society, 1982.Description: 187 pages : genealogical tables, portrait ; 21 cmContent type: - text
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Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169).
Foreword / Elizabeth Bott -- 1. Captain [James] Cook's view of Tonga -- 2. General principles of political and social organisation (Rank and authority: the concepts of 'eiki and pule ; Title and ha'a) -- 3. Background to Tongan society at the time of Cook's visits (The tu'i tonga ; The tu'i ha'atakalaua ; The tu'i kanokupolu) -- Conclusion.
"The aim of the paper is to describe the social and political organisation of the Kingdom of Tonga in the Western Pacific as it was when Captain Cook made his visits in the 1770s."--Page 7.