Friendly Islands :  a history of Tonga / 
edited by Noel Rutherford. 
 - xii, 297 pages :  illustrations, map ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references (pages 277-285) and index. 
<br/><br/> The creation myth --  Archaeology and prehistory /  Oral tradition and prehistory /  The maritime explorers /  Tongan society at the time of European contact /  The coming of foreigners /  The Wesleyan mission /  The Catholic mission /  George Tupou I and Shirley Baker /  George Tupou II and the British protectorate /  Queen Salote Tupou III /  Contemporary Tonga: the background of social and cultural change /  Contemporary Tonga: an economic survey /  Jens Poulsen --  as told to Noel Rutherford by Ve'ehala and Tupou Posesi Fanua --  Robert Langdon --  H. G. Cummins --  Niel Gunson --  Sione Latukefu --  Hugh Laracy --  Noel Rutherford --  'Eseta Fusitu'a and Noel Rutherford --  A. H. Wood and Elizabeth Wood Ellem --  George E. Marcus --  John R. Baker. 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English and Tongan (Tonga Islands).  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195505190 :  $36.00 9780195505191 :  $36.00 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>78322409  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tonga--History.