Book
Tongan culture: the methodology of an ethnographic reconstruction
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Urbanowicz, Charles Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is largely concerned with a definition of ethnohistory and an explication of ethnohistorical methodology. It serves as a reference to the methodology Urbanowicz used in his historical reconstruction of Tongan culture. In a few cases he gives examples of the early missionary writings and the critical methodology he employed in utilizing them.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Missions
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Historical and archival research
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1800 - 1850
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fahefa village, Tongatapu; Vava'u; Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Francis Urbanowicz
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Oregon, 1972
- UM73-7972
- Information on ethnohistory in general has been indexed for the subject term THEORETICAL ORIENTATION IN RESEARCH AND ITS RESULTS (121) while more specific information on the author's approach to Tongan materials has been indexed for the subject term HISTORICAL AND ARCHIVAL RESEARCH (127)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-119)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans