1st Edition
Honour, Mana, and Agency in Polynesian-European Conflict
By Annette Wilkes
Copyright 2019
274 Pages
by
Routledge
274 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
274 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Focusing on the era of "first encounters" in Polynesia, this book provides a fresh look at some of the early contacts between indigenous people and the captains and crew of European ships. The case studies chosen enable comparison of New Zealand Māori–European transactions with similar Pacific ones. The book examines the conflict situations that arose and the reasons for physical violence,... Read more
Series Editors' Foreword Preface 1. Theory and the History-Anthropology Frontier 2. Approaches to the Anthropology of Violence 3. Conflicting Ontological Worlds 4. Encounters in Two Worlds 5. The Eclipse of Captain M-J Marion du Fresne 6. John Rowe's death at Grass Cove 1773 7. Cook's death at Kealakekua, Hawaii, 1779 8. Violence between Broughton and Moriori 1791 9. Honour, Status, and Agency
Biography
Annette Wilkes has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
