Ocean nets: the maintenance and dissolution of an Indigenous small world-system in West Polynesia

This thesis is an application of the theory and method of the comparative world-systems approach to West Polynesia. This study examines the interactions between the archipelagos of Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa during the period between 1770 and 1870, that include the exchange in prestige valuables, milita...

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Main Author: Sutherland, Gabrielle
Other Authors: Morgan, R. Christopher
Language:English
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Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6452