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Islands Of History

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Author : Marshall David Sahlins
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1985

Islands Of History written by Marshall David Sahlins and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Ethnology categories.

Where The Waves Fall

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Author : K.R. Howe
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-05-03

Where The Waves Fall written by K.R. Howe and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-03 with History categories.

Where the Waves Fall (1984) centres the stories of the Pacific Islanders and how they were affected by European explorers and colonisers in this unique account of human settlement and cultural interchange in the Pacific islands. It follows the fortunes of the seafarers who discovered island after island in the world’s largest ocean, traces the development of their civilisations and examines in depth the interaction between them and the newcomers – European explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries, merchants – who from the sixteenth century came in an increasing series of waves. The book’s framework enables the author to throw new light on hitherto isolated events. Novel suggestions are advanced as to why some islands became ‘kingdoms’ in the earlier years of European contact and why others did not, and of how and why missionaries were accepted on some islands but not on others. Nor does Professor Howe shrink from provocative and at times controversial arguments concerning the ambitions and strategies of island leaders and indeed the overall nature and extent of the initiatives taken by the islanders.

Pacific Islands History

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Author : Brij Vilash Lal (historien).)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Pacific Islands History written by Brij Vilash Lal (historien).) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A History Of The Pacific Islands

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Author : Deryck Scarr
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-16

A History Of The Pacific Islands written by Deryck Scarr and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-16 with History categories.

A book about the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space spanning the centuries from the first settlement of the islands until the present day.

Historical Metaphors And Mythical Realities

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Author : Marshall D. Sahlins
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2009-07-09

Historical Metaphors And Mythical Realities written by Marshall D. Sahlins and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-09 with Social Science categories.

Hawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretation

A History Of The Virgin Islands Of The United States

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Author : Isaac Dookhan
language : en
Publisher: Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press
Release Date : 1994

A History Of The Virgin Islands Of The United States written by Isaac Dookhan and has been published by Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.

The Virgin Islands in the course of centuries have witnessed the coming and going of Ciboney, Arawak and Carib peoples, European discovery by Christopher Columbus, temporary occupation by pirates and adventurers, colonization, commercial and plantation development by Danes and other North European settlers, African slavery and its abolition, American purchase, colonial government, social and political change, and in recent years remarkable tourist and industrial developments. These and other topics have been narrated and interpreted by Dr. Isaac Dookhan in this first comprehensive history of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dr. Dookhan is eminently well qualified for this undertaking. He was born in the British colony of British Guiana, now independent Guyana, where he was educated in the public schools and served as teacher and headmaster. The author has drawn upon primary and secondary sources in recounting the experience of the Virgin Islands and their peoples. He is concerned with successive waves of immigrants, how they affected the physical environment and cultural life of the islands, the impact of international wars and politics, commodity price movements, and technological changes.

Broken Waves

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Author : Brij V. Lal
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1992-10-01

Broken Waves written by Brij V. Lal and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-01 with History categories.

“[A] magisterial history of twentieth-century Fiji.... The historical research is thorough and scrupulous, and the presentation is lucid. Lal brings together a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable and the earlier available materials often reframed in thought-provoking ways.... Perhaps its greatest strength is that is presents the history of modern Fiji as very complicated and multifaceted.” —The Contemporary Pacific Pacific Islands Monograph Series No.11 Published in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i