10. A Native Kingdom: Creating Class and Gender Stratification

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Part One: The Quest for Origins
6. i. The Subordination of Women: Gender in Transitions from Kinship to Class 1
7. 2. State Formation 24
8. Part Two: Gender and Kinship Relations in Precontact Tonga
9. 3. Authority and Ambiguity: Rethinking Tongan Kinship 45
10. 4. The Reproduction of Ambiguity: Succession Disputes, Marriage Patterns, and Foreigners 63
11. 5. Division of Labor 84
12. 6. Exchange and Value 106
13. 7. Gender Relations at Contact 122
14. Part Three: Conversion, Commodities, and State Formation
15. 8. Early Contact 143
16. 9. Missionaries: The Crusade for Christian Civilization 170
17. 10. A Native Kingdom: Creating Class and Gender Stratification 194
18. 11. Changing Production: Commodities, Tribute, and Forced Labor 217
19. 12. Dialectics of Class and State Formation 248
20. Appendix: Sources and Methods 267
21. Notes 271
22. Glossary 287
23. References 291
24. Index 317