"An interesting and extremely useful volume... Ferdon provides the reader with an easy-to-read and effective overview into the Tongan Islands for the years under discussion... A must for any serious Pacific student and should be in every library." - American Anthropologist
"An interesting and extremely useful volume... Ferdon provides the reader with an easy-to-read and effective overview into the Tongan Islands for the ...
For thirty years before the coming of the European missionaries, European explorers were able to observe Tahitian society as it had existed for centuries. Now Edwin Ferdon, Polynesian archaeologist and veteran of Thor Heyerdah's expedition to Easter Island, has interwoven their records to show us in fascinating detail what that society was like.
For thirty years before the coming of the European missionaries, European explorers were able to observe Tahitian society as it had existed for centur...
