Essays in Polynesian Ethnology

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CUP Archive, 1939 - Ethnology - 373 pages

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Contents

Preface
ix
Bibliography and Abbreviations I
xxvii
Warfare in Central Polynesia
3
Kava in Samoa and Tonga
51
Stability and change in Polynesian culture
201
The origins of Polynesian culture
257
Polynesia and Melanesia
302
Past and Present in Polynesia
331
Appendix Assam Parallels
355
Index
367

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