Worlds Apart
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Worlds Apart

A History of the Pacific Islands

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Worlds Apart

A History of the Pacific Islands

About this book

Spanning the social, political, and economic history of the Pacific Islands—which include Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia—this book provides an overview of this complex and changing area. It has been updated to detail the first settlement of the islands by raft and canoe voyagers, presenting a new theory. It then covers the centuries of Western contact, cultural influence, colonialism, and the coming of independence. Including key political changes that have occurred in the first decade of the new millennium, this new edition brings into focus the rich past of this diverse region.

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Information

Publisher
Canterbury University Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781927145029
eBook ISBN
9781927145418
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Australian & Oceanian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. CONTENTS
  5. ORTHOGRAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION
  6. PREFACE
  7. CHAPTER ONE: The People of Oceania
  8. CHAPTER TWO: Papuan and Austronesian Colonisation
  9. CHAPTER THREE: The Age of European Discovery
  10. CHAPTER FOUR: Polynesia: Trade and Social Change
  11. CHAPTER FIVE: Polynesia: Missionaries and Kingdoms
  12. CHAPTER SIX: Polynesia: European Settlement and the Later Kingdoms
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN: Melanesia: Sandalwood and ‘Blackbirding’
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT: Melanesia: Missionaries and Colonists
  15. CHAPTER NINE: Micronesia: Colonisation, Commerce and Christianity
  16. CHAPTER TEN: Imperialist Intervention
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN: After a Century of Contact
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE: Early Experiments in Colonial Government 1: the British Empire
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Early Experiments in Colonial Government 2: France, Germany and the United States
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Civilising Colonialism: The League of Nations Experiment
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Certainty and Insecurity: 1914–45
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Planning a New World
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Independence Bestowed
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Independence Retarded
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN: Post-colonial Trends
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY: Democratic Variations
  27. APPENDIX: Basic Facts
  28. FURTHER READING some starting points …
  29. INDEX
  30. Copyright