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Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands historiography / edited by Doug Munro and Brij V...

Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands his...

Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands historiography / edited by Doug Munro and Brij V...

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Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands historiography / edited by Doug Munro and Brij V. Lal.

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Full title

Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands historiography / edited by Doug Munro and Brij V. Lal.

Publisher

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2006.

Call Numbers

996/58

Record Identifier

74VKqRjOgMMM

MMS ID

991020244289702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

264 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents

The text in its context : an introduction / Brij V. Lal and Doug Munro -- 1 Fatal choices? : Morrell's and Scarr's imperial histories / Jane Samson -- 2 On Douglas Oliver's The Pacific Islands / Doug Munro -- 3 Oskar Spate's trilogy / Glyndwr Williams -- 4 Where the waves fall - or, playing the gene...

Publication information

Publisher

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2006.

Place of Publication

Hawaii

Date Published

c2006.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Texts and Contexts is concerned with the development of Pacific Islands history as a specialization in its own right. Specifically, this volume examines the foundational texts that pioneered and consolidated the new subdiscipline and served as the building blocks and stepping stone for further developments in the field. The earliest text put under...

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Full title

Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands historiography / edited by Doug Munro and Brij V. Lal.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.

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Date Copyright

c2006.

Other version (online)

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Call Numbers

996/58

Record Identifier

74VKqRjOgMMM

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ISBN

0824829425 (hbk.)

9780824829421 (hbk.)

DDC

996

MMS ID

991020244289702626

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