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Church and state in Tonga: the Wesleyan Methodist missionaries and political development, 1822-1875

University Press of HawaiiHonoluluPublished In 1974 • Pages:

By: Lātūkefu, Sione.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author of this source is an indigene, an historian, and an ordained Methodist minister. This source is a revision of his dissertation on the role of Methodist missionaries in the political development of Tonga in the 19th century. The source is based on secondary research and some fieldwork. With a very obvious pro-Methodist missionary bias, the author concludes that Tonga would not be an independent kingdom today without the help of the missionaries.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Missions
Form and rules of government
Chief executive
Ecclesiastical organization
Culture summary
Classes
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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
Indigenous Person
Cleric
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
Marlene Martin; 1978
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1964-1965
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1820-1875
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tonga
NotesAdditional notes
Sione Latukefu
A revision of the author's thesis, Australian National University
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
73091461
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tongans