The world of the Māori / Eric Schwimmer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1966Description: 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: World of the Maori.DDC classification:
  • 305.899442
  • 919.31031
LOC classification:
  • DU423 .S3
Incomplete contents:
Racial origin -- Material culture -- Settlement of New Zealand -- First beginnings -- Origin of man -- The tapu half of existence -- Maui and his mana -- Kinship -- Learning to be a Maori -- Law and order -- Rank and status -- Village life -- The mana of the tribe -- Religious life -- Priests and spirits -- Warfare -- The Maori as a worker -- Distribution and ownership -- Song, speech and dance -- Decorative arts -- The modern Maori -- Earliest contacts -- The missionaries -- Transformation of the culture -- Inter-racial conflicts -- The Io doctrine -- Hauhau and Tingatu -- The Maori revival -- Language -- Residence -- Social structure today -- Earning and spending -- Maori politics -- Religion today -- Artistic expression.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 305.899442 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A014960B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 305.899442 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A029484B

Includes bibliographical references.

Racial origin -- Material culture -- Settlement of New Zealand -- First beginnings -- Origin of man -- The tapu half of existence -- Maui and his mana -- Kinship -- Learning to be a Maori -- Law and order -- Rank and status -- Village life -- The mana of the tribe -- Religious life -- Priests and spirits -- Warfare -- The Maori as a worker -- Distribution and ownership -- Song, speech and dance -- Decorative arts -- The modern Maori -- Earliest contacts -- The missionaries -- Transformation of the culture -- Inter-racial conflicts -- The Io doctrine -- Hauhau and Tingatu -- The Maori revival -- Language -- Residence -- Social structure today -- Earning and spending -- Maori politics -- Religion today -- Artistic expression.

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