
- 336 pages
- English
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The Hill Tribes of Fiji
About this book
Originally published in 1922, this early works is a record of Forty Years intimate connection with the tribes of the Mountainous Interior of Fiji with a description of their Habits in War & Peace, Methods of Living, Characteristics Mental & Physical, From the days of Cannibalism to the present time. Illustrated throughout it will appeal greatly to any historian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- An Acknowledgment
- Contents
- Chapter I Fijian Treasures: Tambua, Yangona and Pigs
- Chapter II A Fateful Tambua
- Chapter III Viti Levu
- Chapter IV The Resident Commissioner
- Chapter V Wainimala
- Chapter VI Ancient Traditions
- Chapter VII Polynesian Adventurers
- Chapter VIII Bygone Religious Ceremonies
- Chapter IX Conscience
- Chapter X Everyday Totemism
- Chapter XI Vunindawa
- Chapter XII The Police at Vunindawa
- Chapter XIII The Lost Legion
- Chapter XIV Church and State
- Chapter XV Home Rule
- Chapter XVI Fijian Women
- Chapter XVII Birth and Childhood
- Chapter XVIII Circumcision and Tattooing
- Chapter XIX Marriage and Divorce
- Chapter XX Modern Marriages, Matrimony, Divorce
- Chapter XXI The Overland Mail, Ghosts and Death
- Chapter XXII Fijian Water Babies, Cricket, Sorcery, and Witchcraft
- Chapter XXIII Tuka, the Life Immortal
- Chapter XXIV The New Religion
- Chapter XXV The Ascent of Mount Victoria and the Pilgrimage to the God-Land
- Chapter XXVI Road Making and the Second Tuka Wave
- Chapter XXVII The End of the Way
- Index