A history of the Pacific Islands / Steven Roger Fischer.
A history of the Pacific Islands / Steven Roger Fischer.
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Publisher
Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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996/63 , G 2013/2237
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxii, 331 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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.'
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Publisher
Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
"This 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 G...
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A history of the Pacific Islands / Steven Roger Fischer.
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General note
Palgrave essential histories
New Zealand author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-319) and index.
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©2013
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996/63 , G 2013/2237
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74VvjR2PjpRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjR2PjpRb
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9780230362680
0230362680
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996
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991015130039702626
