TY - BOOK AU - Spillius,Elizabeth Bott AU - Sālote Tupou ED - Polynesian Society (N.Z.) TI - Tongan society at the time of Captain Cook's visits: discussions with Her Majesty Queen Sālote Tupou T2 - Memoir, SN - 9823540039 U1 - 996.12 19 PY - 1982/// CY - Wellington [N.Z.] PB - Polynesian Society KW - Sālote Tupou KW - Cook, James, KW - Tonga KW - Social life and customs KW - History N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -