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Succession disputes and the position of the nobility in modern Tonga
Oceania • 47 • Published In 1977 • Pages: 220-241, 284-299
By: Marcus, George E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with both formal and informal disputes amongst Tongan nobles over succession to titles. Most of the disputes have involved nobles created by King Tupou I's reforms. The author distinguishes between chiefly status inherited by aristocratic descent and noble status linked to constitutionally created offices of title holders. He links disputes over titles to Westernizing influences that give rise to individualization and competition for property.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Adoption
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Citizenship
- Chief executive
- Legal norms
- Litigation
- Legal and judicial personnel
- Trial procedure
- 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.
- 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
- 1972-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1875-1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- George E. Marcus
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-299)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 38017490
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans