Ancient Tahitian Society

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910367654303321
• Autore: Oliver Douglas L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Honolulu : , : University of Hawaii Press, , 1975; ©1974
• ISBN: 0-8248-8453-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1432 pages)
• Disciplina: 996/.211
• Soggetti: Ethnology - French Polynesia - Tahiti (Island); Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) History; Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: v. 1. Ethnography.--v. 2. Social relations.--v. 3. Rise of the Pomares.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Tahiti is far famed yet too little known." Thus wrote J.M.Orsmond in 1848, and the same assertion can be made in 1972.Thousands of pages had been published about Tahiti and its neighboring islands when Orsmond uttered his judgment, and tens of thousands have been published since that time, but a unified, comprehensive, and detailed description.