The Maori
Subtitle: a history of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand
By: Domenico Felice Vaggioli ; translated from the Italian with an introduction by John Cedric Crockett ; with a foreword by David Simmons.
Contributors: Crockett, John C.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773439054
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people) -- History; Maori (New Zealand people) -- Social life and customs; New Zealand -- History; New Zealand -- Social life and customs
Other titles: History of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand
Work titles: Storia della Nuova Zelanda e dei suoi abiatori. Vol. 1, section 2.
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.
Table of contents: title: The human family; title: The Oceanic-American family; title: How and by whom New Zealand was settled; title: The Maori individual; title: Tattooing; title: The Maori language; title: The New Zealanders' clothing; title: The Maori hut; title: Marriage among the Maori; title: The New Zealanders' offspring; title: Routine of the Maori in peacetime; title: The food of the Maori; title: Maori society; title: Muru and Tapu of the Maori; title: Maori villages; title: Religious beliefs and superstitions of the Maori; title: The New Zealanders' crafts, arts, and sciences; title: Maori warfare and their system; title: The New Zealanders' cannibalism; title: Funerals and funeral services of the Maori.