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.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: x, 424 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0773439056
- 9780773439054
- History of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand
- Storia della Nuova Zelanda e dei suoi abiatori. Vol. 1, section 2. English
- 993.01 22
- DU423.A1 V34 2010
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 993.01 VAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A453914B |
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
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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