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A history of the Pacific Islands / Steven Roger Fischer.
LIBRA DU28.3 .F57 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, Steven R.
- Series:
- Palgrave essential histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oceania--History.
- Oceania.
- History.
- Pacific Islanders.
- Ethnology--Oceania.
- Ethnology.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 304 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- "A History of the Pacific Islands" traces the human history of nearly one-third of the globe over a 50,000 year span. This is history on a grand scale, taking the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia from prehistoric culture to the present day through a skillful interpretation of scholarship in the field. Fischer's familiarity with work in archaeology and anthropology as well as in history enriches the text, making this a book with wide appeal for students and general readers.
- Contents:
- 1 The First Islanders 1
- From Sunda to Sahul 1
- Ancient Near Oceania 6
- The Austronesians and Lapita 10
- Into Remote Oceania 14
- Archaic Pacific Islands 19
- 2 Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians 23
- Melanesia 24
- Micronesia 27
- Polynesia 30
- Regional Characteristics 41
- 'Mystery Islands' and Outliers 43
- Oceanic Systems 47
- Gender Roles 53
- Social Structures and Warfare 56
- Traditional Production and Economies 65
- Belief Systems and Art 70
- On the Eve of European Incursion 78
- 3 The European Trespass 81
- First Outsiders 81
- Britain and France 88
- Sealers, Traders and Whalers 95
- Missionaries 102
- The Outsiders' Pacific Islands 108
- Pacific Islanders and Outsiders 112
- 4 The Second Colonization 120
- A Century of Displacement 120
- New Zealand Becomes British 123
- Tahiti and the French 130
- Hawai'i 136
- Samoa 142
- Tonga 146
- Fiji 149
- Greater Melanesia 153
- Micronesia 162
- 5 New Pacific Identities 169
- Colonial Realities in the Early Twentieth Century 169
- New Zealand Becomes a Nation 171
- The Integration of Melanesia 174
- The USA in the Pacific 181
- Tonga and Western Samoa 183
- France in the Pacific 188
- Japan's Micronesian Colonies 191
- The Colonial Legacy 194
- 6 Pacific Islanders in Transit 201
- War in the Pacific 201
- Islanders in Uniform 205
- The Challenge of Peace 210
- Towards a Freer Pacific 214
- Myth and Reality 220
- 7 Reinventing Pacific Islands 230
- The Nuclear Pacific 230
- Independence and Beyond 239
- Neocolonialism and Vestigial Colonialism 250
- 8 The 'New Pacific' 262
- The Diaspora 262
- Changing Economies 269
- Women in the Pacific 275
- Pacific Sport 278
- Modern Pacific Identities 280
- Towards a 'Union of Pacific Islands' 283.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333949757
- 0333949765
- OCLC:
- 50028482
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