Pacific Islands History

Author : Ian C. Campbell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520069013

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A History of the Pacific Islands by Ian C. Campbell Pdf

"Dr. Campbell's awareness of the importance of the active roles which Pacific islanders played in the shaping of the histories of their own countries is evident throughout: he has examined, whenever he could, historical events and processes from the point of view and interests of the islanders concerned. No other work has done this, and that in itself makes Dr. Campbell's book an important contribution to Pacific history."--Dr. Malama Meleisea, Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury "Dr. Campbell's awareness of the importance of the active roles which Pacific islanders played in the shaping of the histories of their own countries is evident throughout: he has examined, whenever he could, historical events and processes from the point of view and interests of the islanders concerned. No other work has done this, and that in itself makes Dr. Campbell's book an important contribution to Pacific history."--Dr. Malama Meleisea, Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury

Author : Donald Denoon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521003547

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The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders by Donald Denoon Pdf

An authoritative and comprehensive history of the Pacific islanders from 40,000 BC to the present day.

Author : Deryck Scarr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136837968

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A History of the Pacific Islands by Deryck Scarr Pdf

A book about the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space spanning the centuries from the first settlement of the islands until the present day.

Author : Ian Christopher Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058701544

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Worlds Apart by Ian Christopher Campbell Pdf

This title spans the entire history of the Pacific Islands. From the first settlement by the native islanders, through the centuries of European contact, cultural influence and colonialism, to the coming of independence and more recent troubles since then. This title will appeal to the general reader with its non-academic style.

Author : Paul D'Arcy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351912259

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Peoples of the Pacific by Paul D'Arcy Pdf

Presenting the history of the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands from first colonization until the spread of European colonial rule in the later 19th century, this volume focuses specifically on Pacific Islander-European interactions from the perspective of Pacific Islanders themselves. A number of recorded traditions are reproduced as well as articles by Pacific Island scholars working within the academy. The nature of Pacific History as a sub-discipline is presented through a sample of key articles from the 1890s until the present that represent the historical evolution of the field and its multidisciplinary nature. The volume reflects on how the indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific Islands have a history as dynamic and complex as that of literate societies, and one that is more retrievable through multidisciplinary approaches than often realized.

Author : Alastair Couper
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824887650

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Sailors and Traders by Alastair Couper Pdf

Written by a senior scholar and master mariner, Sailors and Traders is the first comprehensive account of the maritime peoples of the Pacific. It focuses on the sailors who led the exploration and settlement of the islands and New Zealand and their seagoing descendants, providing along the way new material and unique observations on traditional and commercial seagoing against the background of major periods in Pacific history. The book begins by detailing the traditions of sailors, a group whose way of life sets them apart. Like all others who live and work at sea, Pacific mariners face the challenges of an often harsh environment, endure separation from their families for months at a time, revere their vessels, and share a singular attitude to risk and death. The period of prehistoric seafaring is discussed using archaeological data, interpretations from interisland exchanges, experimental voyaging, and recent DNA analysis. Sections on the arrival of foreign exploring ships centuries later concentrate on relations between visiting sailors and maritime communities. The more intrusive influx of commercial trading and whaling ships brought new technology, weapons, and differences in the ethics of trade. The successes and failures of Polynesian chiefs who entered trading with European-type ships are recounted as neglected aspects of Pacific history. As foreign-owned commercial ships expanded in the region so did colonialism, which was accompanied by an increase in the number of sailors from metropolitan countries and a decrease in the employment of Pacific islanders on foreign ships. Eventually small-scale island entrepreneurs expanded interisland shipping, and in 1978 the regional Pacific Forum Line was created by newly independent states. This was welcomed as a symbolic return to indigenous Pacific ocean linkages. The book’s final sections detail the life of the modern Pacific seafarer. Most Pacific sailors in the global maritime labor market return home after many months at sea, bringing money, goods, a wider perspective of the world, and sometimes new diseases. Each of these impacts is analyzed, particularly in the case of Kiribati, a major supplier of labor to foreign ships.

Author : Walter M. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319695327

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The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands by Walter M. Goldberg Pdf

This volume provides an accessible scientific introduction to the historical geography of Tropical Pacific Islands, assessing the environmental and cultural changes they have undergone and how they are affected currently by these shifts and alterations. The book emphasizes the roles of plants, animals, people, and the environment in shaping the tropical Pacific through a cross-disciplinary approach involving history, geography, biology, environmental science, and anthropology. With these diverse scientific perspectives, the eight chapters of the book provide a comprehensive overview of Tropical Pacific Islands from their initial colonization by native peoples to their occupation by colonial powers, and the contemporary changes that have affected the natural history and social fabric of these islands. The Tropical Pacific Islands are introduced by a description of their geological formation, development, and geography. From there, the book details the origins of the island's original peoples and the dawn of the political economy of these islands, including the domestication and trade of plants, animals, and other natural resources. Next, readers will learn about the impact of missionaries on Pacific Islands, and the affects of Wold War II and nuclear testing on natural resources and the health of its people. The final chapter discusses the islands in the context of natural resource extraction, population increases, and global climate change. Working together these factors are shown to affect rainfall and limited water resources, as well as the ability to sustain traditional crops, and the capacity of the islands to accomodate its residents.

Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520234611

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On the Road of the Winds by Patrick Vinton Kirch Pdf

Providing a synthesis of archaeological and historical anthropological knowledge of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific islands, this text focuses on human ecology and island adaptations.

Author : John Terrell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0521369568

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Prehistory in the Pacific Islands by John Terrell Pdf

How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognized a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians, and South-east Asians: peoples allegedly differing in physical appearance, temperament, achievements, and perhaps even intelligence. Terrell shows that such simple divisions do not fit the known facts and provide little more than a crude, static picture of human diversity.

Author : Matt K. Matsuda
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521887632

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Pacific Worlds by Matt K. Matsuda Pdf

Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.

Author : Brij V. Lal,Kate Fortune
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 082482265X

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The Pacific Islands by Brij V. Lal,Kate Fortune Pdf

An encyclopaedia of information on major aspects of Pacific life, including the physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society and culture. The CD-ROM contains hyperlinks between section titles and sections, a library of all the maps in the encyclopaedia, and a photo library.

Author : Peter J. Hempenstall
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781921934322

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Pacific Islanders Under German Rule by Peter J. Hempenstall Pdf

This is an important book. It is a reprint of the first detailed study of how Pacific Islanders responded politically and economically to their rulers across the German empire of the Pacific. Under one cover, it captures the variety of interactions between the various German colonial administrations, with their separate approaches, and the leaders and people of Samoa in Polynesia, the major island centre of Pohnpei in Micronesia and the indigenes of New Guinea. Drawing on anthropology, new Pacific history insights and a range of theoretical works on African and Asian resistance from the 1960s and 1970s, it reveals the complexities of Islander reactions and the nature of protests against German imperial rule. It casts aside old assumptions that colonised peoples always resisted European colonisers. Instead, this book argues convincingly that Islander responses were often intelligent and subtle manipulations of their rulers’ agendas, their societies dynamic enough to make their own adjustments to the demands of empire. It does not shy away from major blunders by German colonial administrators, nor from the strategic and tactical mistakes of Islander leaders. At the same time, it raises the profile of several large personalities on both sides of the colonial frontier, including Lauaki Namulau’ulu Mamoe and Wilhelm Solf in Samoa; Henry Nanpei, Georg Fritz and Karl Boeder in Pohnpei; or Governor Albert Hahl and Po Minis from Manus Island in New Guinea.

Author : Steven Roger Fischer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:901480572

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A History of the Pacific Islands by Steven Roger Fischer Pdf

Author : Patrick D. Nunn
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824832193

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Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific by Patrick D. Nunn Pdf

Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. A description of the Pacific Basin and the "ups and downs" of the land within its vast ocean is followed by chapters explaining how—long before humans arrived in this part of the world—islands and continents that no longer exist were once present. A succinct account is given of human settlement of the region and the establishment of cultural contexts for the observation of occasional catastrophic earth-surface changes and their encryption in folklore. The author also addresses the persistent myths of a "sunken continent" in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants. Finally, he presents original data and research on island disappearances witnessed by humans, recorded in oral and written traditions, and judged by geoscience to be authentic. Examples are drawn from throughout the Pacific, showing that not only have islands collapsed, and even vanished, within the past few hundred years, but that they are also liable to do so in the future.

Author : K. R. Howe,Robert C. Kiste
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0824815971

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Tides of History by K. R. Howe,Robert C. Kiste Pdf