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Modern Tonga

New Zealand geographer1-2Published In 1946 • Pages: 99-118

By: Simkin, C. G. F. (Colin George Frederick).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals with the state of Tongan affairs from a national aggregate perspective. The major topics covered include the system of government, land tenure, agriculture, exports and imports, health, and housing. The author gathered data from government documents and interviews with Tongan administrators, Tongan citizens, and resident Europeans while he was in Tonga on military assignment for a few months. The article includes some useful government statistics.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Geography
Morbidity
Tillage
Housing
Real property
External trade
Form and rules of government
Chief executive
Advisers to the chief executive
Research and development
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tongans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2006
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Polynesia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Unknown
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tonga
NotesAdditional notes
C. G. F. Simkin
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
49000560
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tongans