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Island at the edge of the world : the forgotten history of Easter Island / Mike Pitts.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection F3169 .P58 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pitts, Michael W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Easter Island--History.
- Easter Island.
- Easter Island--Discovery and exploration.
- Easter Island--Civilization.
- Easter Island--Antiquities.
- history (discipline).
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 345 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Mariner Books, [2026]
- Summary:
- "A vital and timely work of historical adventure and reclamation by British archeological scholar Mike Pitts--a book that rewrites the popular yet flawed history of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and uses newly unearthed findings and documents to challenge the long-standing historical assumptions about the manmade ecological disaster that caused the island's collapse."--Amazon.
- Contents:
- Prey
- First contact
- Disruption
- The fall
- Postmortem
- The Mana departs
- The Routledges on Rapa Nui
- The Mana returned
- The Routledges apart
- War, hunger, and destruction
- Life
- Polynesians and Native Americans
- Rocks, trees, and gardens
- Quarries, roads, and plinths
- Political theater
- The enigma of aliens
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780063344679
- 006334467X
- OCLC:
- 1470839447
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