From Tongan meeting house to Samoan chapel: A recent Tongan origin for the Samoan fale āfolau

Journal of Pacific History

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-49

  Barnes, Shawn S ^a   Green, Roger C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 61249377826     PISSN: 00223344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223340802054594     Document Type: Review

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