Marquesan Societies: Inequality and Political Transformations in Eastern Polynesia,Used

Marquesan Societies: Inequality and Political Transformations in Eastern Polynesia,Used

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Review'In this important new book, Nicholas Thomas has performed a signal service by carefully analyzing the primary sources to produce a thoughtprovoking reconstruction of what these unique societies were once like, and how they fit in among other Polynesian societies.'American Anthropologist'Thomas's book is an important contribution, blending history, anthropology, and social theory in highly readable form.'ChoiceProduct DescriptionMarquesan society has long captured the interest of observers, in part because of unfamiliar institutions such as polyandry. Based on a critical study of a wide range of sources, this is the first book to provide a clear account of early Marquesan social relations and culture. Thomas's analysis of a dynamic and highly fluid Chiefly society and its encounters with early European visitors and traders encompasses wider debates about the nature of gender relations in Polynesian societies, small scale hierarchical structures, cultural transformation, and longerterm change. Linking specific features of early Marquesan society, its contact with foreigners, and the longerterm transformations of eastern Polynesian societies, this will be a key source for Pacific studies.About the AuthorNicholas Thomas is in the Department of Prehistory and Anthropology at Australian National University, Canberra.

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