{"product_id":"early-tonga-as-the-explorers-edwin-n-ferdon-9780816531691","title":"Early Tonga as the Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810","description":"\"Ethnographic observations and experiences on the Tongan islands up to 1810 - just prior to intensive Christian missiionary activities - provide an early historic baseline of culture for those interested in alter culture change in Tonga, the only Polynesian island group that has never been ruled by outsiders. Ferdon has drawn on a variety of records to provide [an] ... account of major aspects of Tongan life ... - at the time when European influences were only beginning to modify traditional island patterns.\"--Back cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edwin N. Ferdon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816531692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816531691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Edwin N. Ferdon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438019948799,"sku":"9780816531691","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fba1783-9fcb-4563-9158-71773c77ea7e.jpg?v=1777168253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-tonga-as-the-explorers-edwin-n-ferdon-9780816531691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}