War and Succession in Mangala: From Mamae's Texts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780908940042)

War and Succession in Mangala is a political history of an island in the southern Cook Islands, from its social foundations until the advent of Christianity in the 1820s, as described by the nineteenth-century tribal historian Mamae. Mamae's original manuscripts are reproduced, along with translations, and a commentary discussing events surrounding chiefly battles for supreme power.

Author: Michael P. J. Reilly
ISBN-10: 0908940041
ISBN-13: 9780908940042
Publisher: Polynesian Society, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 111
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 0.35d