The first taint of civilization : a history of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in pre-colonial days, 1521-1885 / Francis X. Hezel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hezel, Francis X.

Contributor:

Kiste, Robert C., Contributor.

Series:

Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 1

Pacific islands monograph series The first taint of civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshall Islands--History.

Marshall Islands.

Caroline Islands--History.

Caroline Islands.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 365 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : Pacific Islands Studies Program, Center for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press, c1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

“Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force. Not only will it be read eagerly by Pacific scholars, but it should find a wide audience among well-educated Micronesians hungry for greater understanding of how their islands have become ensnared in world geopolitics.” —Ethnohistory

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editors Note

Contents

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 The End of a Long Seclusion

2 Mission to the Palaos

3 On the Road to China

4 Two Worlds Grown Closer

5 A Nest of Rogues and Runaways

6 The Powers of Darkness and Light

7 The Reopening of the West

8 Christianity and Copra in the Marshalls

9 The Emergence of a New Order

10 The Contest for Commercial Control

11 Colonial Rule

Abbreviations

Notes

References

Index

OTHER VOLUMES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS MONOGRAPH SERIES

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [337]-353.

ISBN:

0-8248-4717-2

0-585-26712-X

OCLC:

1253313603