Tongan adoption before the constitution of 1875
article 1974 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
This paper presents 'descriptive and interpretive data on aboriginal adoption transactions in Tonga' and attempts to point out that 'aboriginal Tonga is certainly not twentieth century Tonga' ...

Drinking in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga
article 1975 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
The main theme of this source is that '… kava drinking has been the way in which Tongans have maintained their identity' (p. 34). With data based on first-hand observation and archival researc...

Change in rank and status in the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga
essay 1975 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
Urbanowicz uses an ethnohistorical methodology to delineate the aboriginal system of ranks and titles in Tonga and to trace the changes in these resulting from European influence. He argues th...

Tongan culture
Book 1978 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
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 histori...

Integrating tourism with other industries in Tonga
essay 1977 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
This source discusses the impact of tourism on the Tongan economy and the resulting socio-cultural problems that have arisen. Specific problems mentioned in the text relate to the importation ...

Tourism in Tonga
essay 1977 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
This study '...examines the impact of tourism on the Tongan economy and the social and cultural problems associated with the advent of recent mass tourism' (p. 83-84). Basically, this source i...

Motives and methods
article 1978 Urbanowicz, Charles Francis

TongansOceania > Polynesia
The purpose of this source is '… to place early 19th century Tongan affairs into additional ethnographic perspective by means of ethnohistorical techniques' (p. 245). Using these ethnohistoric...