Pacific histories : ocean, land, people /

"The first comprehensive volume to bring together the histories of the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean. A distinguished international team of historians provides a multidimensional account of the Pacific, its inhabitants and the lands within and around it -- from the firs...

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Other Authors: Armitage, David, 1965- (Editor), Bashford, Alison, 1963- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the Pacific and its histories / David Armitage and Alison Bashford
  • The Pacific in indigenous time / Damon Salesa
  • The Pacific before empire, c. 1500-1800 / Joyce E. Chaplin
  • The age of empire in the Pacific / Nicholas Thomas
  • A Pacific century? / Akira Iriye
  • The environment / Ryan Tucker Jones
  • Movement / Adam McKeown
  • The economy since 1800 / Kaoru Sugihara
  • Religion / Bronwen Douglas
  • Law / Lisa Ford
  • Science / Sujit Sivasundaram
  • Race / James Belich
  • Gender / Patricia O'Brien
  • Politics / Robert Aldrich
  • Afterword: Pacific cross-currents / Matt K. Matsuda.