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- Title
'AIMATA, QUEEN POMARE IV: THWARTING ADVERSITY IN EARLY 19TH CENTURY TAHITI.
- Authors
STEVENSON, KAREN
- Abstract
Queen 'Aimata Pomare IV was monarch of Tahiti for 50 years (1827-77). Her reign was a time of monumental change in Tahiti. During this time Christianity became commonplace, ari'i 'chiefs' in the traditional political system became legislators in a European political system and Tahiti became French. Pomare IV worked through these changes, evolving from a non-Christian youth to a very politically shrewd stateswoman. This essay examines her life and her reign which was was mired in political conflict, opposition, intrigue and foreign intervention.
- Subjects
TAHITI (French Polynesia : Island); POMARE IV, Queen of Tahiti, 1813-1877; KINGS &; rulers -- Biography; QUEENS; WOMEN -- Biography; HISTORY of church &; politics; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of the Polynesian Society, 2014, Vol 123, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
0032-4000
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15286/jps.123.2.129-144