A history of the Pacific Islands /
Fischer, Steven R.,
A history of the Pacific Islands / Steven Roger Fischer. - 2nd ed. - xxxiii, 331 pages : maps ; 22 cm. - Palgrave essential histories . - Palgrave essential histories. .
Previous edition published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The First Islanders -- Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians -- The European Trespass -- The Second Colonization -- New Pacific Identities -- Pacific Islanders in Transit -- Reinventing Pacific Islands -- The 'New Pacific'. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the creation of the modern Pacific states"--Back cover.
Tertiary/Undergraduate.
0230362680 9780230362680 0230362699 9780230362697
Ethnology--Oceania
Pacific Islanders--History
Pacific Area--History
Islands of the Pacific--History
Oceania--History
DU28.3
990
A history of the Pacific Islands / Steven Roger Fischer. - 2nd ed. - xxxiii, 331 pages : maps ; 22 cm. - Palgrave essential histories . - Palgrave essential histories. .
Previous edition published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The First Islanders -- Melanesians, Micronesians, Polynesians -- The European Trespass -- The Second Colonization -- New Pacific Identities -- Pacific Islanders in Transit -- Reinventing Pacific Islands -- The 'New Pacific'. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the creation of the modern Pacific states"--Back cover.
Tertiary/Undergraduate.
0230362680 9780230362680 0230362699 9780230362697
Ethnology--Oceania
Pacific Islanders--History
Pacific Area--History
Islands of the Pacific--History
Oceania--History
DU28.3
990