The role of indigenous elites in culture contact and change: Interactional analysis of intercultural exchange events in early historic period Hawai'i, 1778-1819.

Early contact period studies of first intercultural interactions are important for understanding both traditional pre-contact society and the changes brought about by culture contact. Using documentary records kept by early Euroamerican visitors, the sociolinguistic technique of interactional analys...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dobyns, Susan Dianne.
Other Authors: Underwood, Jane H..
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1988
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184559