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Marquesan Societies: Inequality and Political Transformation in Eastern Polynesia
Marquesan Societies Inequality and Political Transformation in Eastern Polynesia
Author: Nicholas Thomas
Marquesan society has long captured the interest of observers, in part because of unfamiliar institutions such as polyandry. Based on a critical study of a wide range of sources, this is the first book to provide a clear account of early Marquesan social relations and culture. Thomas's analysis of a dynamic and highly fluid Chiefly society and i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198277484
ISBN-10: 0198277482
Publication Date: 5/17/1990
Pages: 276
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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