Degei's descendants : spirits, place and people in pre-cession Fiji

1. Verfasser: Parke, Aubrey L.
Weitere Verfasser: Scarr, Deryck.
Spriggs, Matthew.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Canberra, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2014.
Umfang/Format: xxx, 308 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm.
Also available in an electronic version (Open Access) via the Internet at the publisher's home page: http://epress.anu.edu.au
Schriftenreihe: Terra Australis ; 41
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Fiji
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Aubrey Parke: an enthusiastic amateur in Fiji?
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Maps
  • Fijian society: the islands of Fiji (general)
  • Overview of project
  • The ideological sense of Vanua
  • Understanding traditional Fijian society
  • Factors affecting development and interaction
  • The Yavusa: the ideal and the reality
  • The diversity of Fijian polities
  • Overview of chapters 8-10 Fijian polities in three areas in the Yasayasa Vakara
  • Polities of Rakiraki Tikina
  • Polities of West Vuda Tikina
  • Polities of Nadi Tikina
  • Polities of Nawaka Tikina
  • Overview of chapters 12-13 polities of the Natu Yasawa: the Yasawa Group
  • The Tikina of Naviti
  • The Tikina of Yasawa
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Bibliography.