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Coast to coast : case histories of modern Pacific crossings / edited by Prue Ahrens and Chris Dixon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pacific Area-Civilization.
- Pacific Area--Civilization.
- Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--History.
- Oceania--History.
- Oceania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2010]
- Summary:
- From the beginnings of human settlement through to the Cook voyages and beyond, histories of 'the Pacific' are stories of contact and connection. This vast region can be charted through histories of encounter between the diverse peoples of the Pacific,the Pacific Rim and the wider world.Coast to Coast explores the networks of modernity that connected the various peoples of the Pacific,Australia and North America as new means of transportation, distribution and communication developed from the mid-nineteenth century.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-5331-0
- OCLC:
- 1156359711
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