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A History of the Pacific Islands


Author(s): Steven Roger Fischer
ISBN10:  0333949765
ISBN13:  9780333949764
Format:  Trade Paper
Pub. Date:  10/4/2002
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
A History of the Pacific Islands traces the human history of nearly one-third of the globe over a 50,000 year span. This is history on a grand scale, taking the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia from prehistoric culture to the present day through a skillful interpretation of scholarship in the field. Fischer's familiarity with work in archaeology and anthropology as well as in history enriches the text, making this a book with wide appeal for students and general readers.
List of Maps
x
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction xvi
The First Islanders
1(22)
From Sunda to Sahul
1(5)
Ancient Near Oceania
6(4)
The Austronesians and Lapita
10(4)
Into Remote Oceania
14(5)
Archaic Pacific Islands
19(4)
Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians
23(58)
Melanesia
24(3)
Micronesia
27(3)
Polynesia
30(11)
Regional Characteristics
41(2)
`Mystery Islands' and Outliers
43(4)
Oceanic Systems
47(6)
Gender Roles
53(3)
Social Structures and Warfare
56(9)
Traditional Production and Economies
65(5)
Belief Systems and Art
70(8)
On the Eve of European Incursion
78(3)
The European Trespass
81(39)
First Outsiders
81(7)
Britain and France
88(7)
Sealers, Traders and Whalers
95(7)
Missionaries
102(6)
The Outsiders' Pacific Islands
108(4)
Pacific Islanders and Outsiders
112(8)
The Second Colonization
120(49)
A Century of Displacement
120(3)
New Zealand Becomes British
123(7)
Tahiti and the French
130(6)
Hawai'i
136(6)
Samoa
142(4)
Tonga
146(3)
Fiji
149(4)
Greater Melanesia
153(9)
Micronesia
162(7)
New Pacific Identities
169(32)
Colonial Realities in the Early Twentieth Century
169(2)
New Zealand Becomes a Nation
171(3)
The Integration of Melanesia
174(7)
The USA in the Pacific
181(2)
Tonga and Western Samoa
183(5)
France in the Pacific
188(3)
Japan's Micronesian Colonies
191(3)
The Colonial Legacy
194(7)
Pacific Islanders in Transit
201(29)
War in the Pacific
201(4)
Islanders in Uniform
205(5)
The Challenge of Peace
210(4)
Towards a Freer Pacific
214(6)
Myth and Reality
220(10)
Reinventing Pacific Islands
230(32)
The Nuclear Pacific
230(9)
Independence and Beyond
239(11)
Neocolonialism and Vestigial Colonialism
250(12)
The `New Pacific'
262(25)
The Diaspora
262(7)
Changing Economies
269(6)
Women in the Pacific
275(3)
Pacific Sport
278(2)
Modern Pacific Identities
280(3)
Towards a `Union of Pacific Islands'
283(4)
Selected Further Reading 287(11)
Index 298
Steven Roger Fischer is at the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures.

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