search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for Polynesia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
5
Part One
Forebears of the ``Polynesians''
6
6
Ancestral Polynesians
12
3
Dispersal
15
10
Part Two
Preface
24
1
Natural Environments
25
7
Population
32
4
Languages
36
6
Cosmologies and Religions
42
11
Tools and Crafts
53
10
Clothing, Body Adornment and Tattoos
63
8
Food and Drink
71
33
Buildings
104
10
Watercraft
114
10
Sexual Activity
124
8
Other Diversions
132
13
Warfare
145
11
Individuals: From Conception to Death-and Beyond
156
22
Households and Families
178
12
Clans
190
9
Kinship and Friendship
199
3
Communities and Tribes
202
7
Social Stratification
209
5
Societies
214
10
Part Three
Maori
224
30
Moriori
254
3
Part Four
Epilogue
257
16
Bibliography
273
20
Index
293