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Tongan adoption before the constitution of 1875article 1974 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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' and that the period before the adoption of the Constitutio...Drinking in the Polynesian kingdom of Tongaarticle 1975 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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 research, Urbanowicz describes the kava ceremonies of the past an...Change in rank and status in the Polynesian kingdom of Tongaessay 1975 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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 that in the aboriginal system the concept 'EIKI' referred to...Tongan cultureBook 1978 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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 historical reconstruction of Tongan culture. In a few cases he gi...Integrating tourism with other industries in Tongaessay 1977 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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 of large amounts of foodstuffs to feed the tourists, publi...Tourism in Tongaessay 1977 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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 is a re-analysis of the data found in 90:Urbanowicz, with n...Motives and methodsarticle 1978 • Urbanowicz, Charles Francis
Tongans • Oceania > 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 ethnohistorical techniques, Urbanowicz addresses the problem of the eff...