Essays in Polynesian Ethnology - With An Analysis of Recent Studies By the Editor
by Williamson, Robert Wood; Piddington, Ralph - Editor
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0815405073
- ISBN 13
- 9780815405078
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About This Item
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1975. Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. 373 Pages Indexed. Originally published in 1939 by University Press Cambridge England. this release is updated by Ralph Piddington with recent studies. Orange cloth boards with gold spine lettering and decorations. No defects noted and interior text pages are flawless. Contents in Nine Chapters: Warfare in Central Polynesia, Kava in Samoa and Tonga, Kava in other Polynesian Islands, The Arioi, Sex Courtship and Infanticide, Stability and Change in Polynesian Culture, The Origins of Polynesian Culture, Polynesia and Melanesia, and Past and Present in Polynesia. Plus Appendix Assam Parallels. There are 16 pages of Bibliographhy and Abbreviations. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs, maps and tables.
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- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14434
- Title
- Essays in Polynesian Ethnology - With An Analysis of Recent Studies By the Editor
- Author
- Williamson, Robert Wood; Piddington, Ralph - Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0815405073
- ISBN 13
- 9780815405078
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 6 1/4" x 9 1/4
- Keywords
- HISTORY POLNESIA SAMOA TONGA KAVA ISLANDS CULTURE MELANESIA TAHITI
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