Culture contact in the Pacific : essays on contact, encounter, and response /
Culture contact in the Pacific : essays on contact, encounter, and response /
edited by Max Quanchi and Ron Adams ; contributors, Ron Adams [and others].
- xiv, 186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pre-European Pacific Society: -- The origins of pacific peoples -- Pre-European societies in the Pacific Islands -- European 'discovery' of the Pacific: -- European discovery or multiple discoveries -- Being discovered: perceptions and control of strangers -- Islanders and Europeans in the Nineteenth Century: -- Trade interaction -- Religious interaction -- Labour recruiting and indenture -- Response and change in polynesian societies -- From Colonialism to Independence: -- Patterns of colonial rule -- The path to independence -- Non-colonial influences and issues -- The Changing Image of the Pacific: -- The changing image of the Pacific. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. Part III. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part IV. 9. 10. 11. Part V. 12.
"The authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region."--Publisher description.
0521422841 9780521422840
92017851
Pacific Islanders--Cultural assimilation
Pacific Islanders--History
Acculturation--History--Oceania
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Europe--Colonies--Oceania
GN663 / .C85 1993
303.4821823
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pre-European Pacific Society: -- The origins of pacific peoples -- Pre-European societies in the Pacific Islands -- European 'discovery' of the Pacific: -- European discovery or multiple discoveries -- Being discovered: perceptions and control of strangers -- Islanders and Europeans in the Nineteenth Century: -- Trade interaction -- Religious interaction -- Labour recruiting and indenture -- Response and change in polynesian societies -- From Colonialism to Independence: -- Patterns of colonial rule -- The path to independence -- Non-colonial influences and issues -- The Changing Image of the Pacific: -- The changing image of the Pacific. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. Part III. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part IV. 9. 10. 11. Part V. 12.
"The authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region."--Publisher description.
0521422841 9780521422840
92017851
Pacific Islanders--Cultural assimilation
Pacific Islanders--History
Acculturation--History--Oceania
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Europe--Colonies--Oceania
GN663 / .C85 1993
303.4821823