Gardens of Eden? An ethnohistoric reconstruction of Maohi (Tahitian) cultivation

Ethnohistory

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-29

  Lepofsky, Dana ^a  

^a NONE

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AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; POLYNESIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; POLYNESIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; UTOPIAS;

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