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Paradise past : the transformation of the South Pacific, 1520-1920 /

"In the 400 years from Magellan's entrance into Pacific waters to 1920, the lives of the people of the South Pacific were transformed. Pacific people died from exotic diseases from Europe and America. The coming of westerners, as this book points out, was not entirely negative, as head-hun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirk, Robert Wm. (Robert William), 1937-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2012]
Subjects:
Oceania > Colonization > History.
Oceania > Colonial influence.
Oceania > Social conditions.
Social change > Oceania > History.
Indigenous peoples > Oceania > History.
Indigenous peoples > Oceania > Social conditions.
HISTORY / Oceania.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"In the 400 years from Magellan's entrance into Pacific waters to 1920, the lives of the people of the South Pacific were transformed. Pacific people died from exotic diseases from Europe and America. The coming of westerners, as this book points out, was not entirely negative, as head-hunting, cannibalism, chronic warfare, human sacrifice, and other practices were diminished"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780786492985 (electronic bk.)
0786492988 (electronic bk.)