Ferdon, Edwin N.,  1913-2002. <br/><br/>
Early Tonga :  as the explorers saw it 1616-1810 / 
Edwin N. Ferdon. 
 - Tucson :  University of Arizona Press,  ©1987. 
 - xv, 339 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index. 
<br/><br/>Tongans & their dwellings -- Social organisation & government -- Kava : drink for all occasions -- Religion -- Daily life -- From birth to death -- Recreation -- Quest for food -- Trade & transportation -- War & peace. 
<br/><br/> "Ethnographic observations and experiences on the Tongan islands up to 1810 -- just prior to intensive Christian missionary activities -- provide an early historic baseline of culture for those interested in later culture change in Tonga, the only Polynesian island group that has never been ruled by outsiders. Ferdon ... [provides an] account of major aspects of Tongan life -- material culture, government, food and drink, recreation, customs, trade, and warfare -- at the time when European influences were only beginning to modify traditional island patterns"--Dust cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0816510261 9780816510269 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015413755 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>009115087  Uk 007418413  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnology--Tonga.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tonga--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306/.0996/12