Pacific places, Pacific histories : essays in honor of Robert C. Kiste / edited by Brij V. Lal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kiste, Robert C., 1936-

Lal, Brij V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Homes and haunts.

Intellectuals.

Oceania--History.

Oceania.

History.

Kiste, Robert C., 1936-.

Kiste, Robert C.

Intellectuals--Homes and haunts--Oceania.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

vii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2004]

Contents:

Place and Person: An Introduction / Brij V. Lal 1

1. Imagining Islands / Mac Marshall 28

2. Tales from Several Coves / K. R. Howe 42

3. Papua, O'ahu, Viti Levu / Stewart Firth 53

4. The Ocean in Me / Terence Wesley-Smith 70

5. Taupo Country, New Zealand: On Place, Naming, and Identity / R. Gerard Ward 87

6. Chuuk: A Caricature of an Island / Francis X. Hezel 102

7. Bougainville, Personal and Professional / Eugene Ogan 120

8. Rakwane / Clive Moore 135

9. Rabaul / Hank Nelson 153

10. Maipa Made Me Do It / Mark Mosko 177

11. Wone Sohte Lohdi: History and Place on Pohnpei / David Hanlon 195

12. Manoa Rain / Teresia K. Teaiwa 216

13. Laucala Bay / Brij V. Lal 237

14. Uleletiw: Imaging of My Paradise / Joakim Jojo Peter 259

15. Blue-Light Special: The Pacific Collection, Hamilton Library, UH / Karen Peacock 275

16. Playing with Canoes / Ben Finney 290

17. The Place That Is a Part of It / Michael A. Rynkiewich 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824827481

OCLC:

53919940