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The Maori : a history of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand
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Uniform Title
Storia della Nuova Zelanda e dei suoi abiatori. Vol. 1, section 2. English
Title
The Maori : a history of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand / Domenico Felice Vaggioli ; translated from the Italian, with an introduction by John Crockett ; with a foreword by David Simmons.
ISBN
9780773439054
0773439056
Published
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010.
Physical Description
x, 424 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Second section of the first volume of Storia della Nuova Zelanda e dei suoi abiatori presented as a stand-alone text in English translation; the two volumes were originally published by Fiaccadori Press, Parma, Italy in 1891 and 1896 respectively.
Variant and related titles
History of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 22, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The human family
The Oceanic-American family
How and by whom New Zealand was settled
The Maori individual
Tattooing
The Maori language
The New Zealanders' clothing
The Maori hut
Marriage among the Maori
The New Zealanders' offspring
Routine of the Maori in peacetime
The food of the Maori
Maori society
Muru and Tapu of the Maori
Maori villages
Religious beliefs and superstitions of the Maori
The New Zealanders' crafts, arts and sciences
Maori warfare and their system
The New Zealanders' cannibalism
Funerals and funeral services of the Maori.
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