Robert W. Williamson

The Social and Political Systems of Central Polynesia

Volume 2

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1924, this book forms part of a three-volume study on the socio-political systems of Polynesian islands near the equator.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 861g
• ISBN-13: 9781107625709
• ISBN-10: 110762570X
• Artikelnr.: 39876278

Inhaltsangabe

14. Social and local grouping
15. Social and local grouping (the marae as a social centre)
16. Matrilineal descent
17. Exogamy
18. Special relationship matters and terms (preliminary and Samoa)
19. Special relationship matters and terms (other islands, and observations)
20. Totemism (preliminary and Samoa)
21. Totemism (other islands)
22. Totemism (spirits of the dead becoming or entering into animals, and observations)
23. Clan badges
24. The social character of war
25. The chiefs
26. The middle and lower classes
27. Priests and sorcerers
28. Council meetings.