War and Succession in Mangala is a political history of an islands, in the southern Cook islands, from its social foundations until the advent of Christianity. In the 1820s as described by the nineteenth-century tribal historian Mamae. Mamae's original manuscripts are reproduced, along with translations, and a commentary discussing events surrounding chiefly battles for supreme power.
- ISBN13 9780908940042
- Publish Date 30 October 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NZ
- Publisher Polynesian Society (Inc)
- Imprint Polynesian Society
- Format Paperback
- Pages 112
- Language English