Full 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.

Author/creator: Crockett, John C, Vaggioli, Felice, 1845-1921.

Call Numbers: 993.01/23

Record Identifier: 74VKdkwzOg3l

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: x, 424 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm., 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.

Publishers: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010.

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. Includes bibliographical references.

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DDC: 993.01

MMS ID: 991020028259702626