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Author:
Scarr, Deryck.
Title:
A history of the Pacific Islands : passages through tropical time / Deryck Scarr.
Publisher:
Curzon,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
xviii, 323 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Oceania--History.
Islands of the Pacific--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-310) and index.
Contents:
Sea of uprearing billows -- 'Big Waqa, great labour' : oceanic worlds on shore and sea -- Vaka from Tangaroa : European exploration from the sixteenth century -- Schooner on the reef : cultural exchanges in island worlds, 1800-1860 -- Ages of passing innocence : lives, commerce and politics in Oceania 1860-1914 -- 'Bout ship and try again : worlds' impingement and colonial orders 1914-1945 -- Finale 1945-2000.
ISBN:
9780700712939
0700712933
OCLC:
(OCoLC)43633517
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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