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02745aam a2200373 a 4500 001 A87B870C6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120911s2012 ncuabe b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012034746 020 $a 0786469781 (softcover : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780786469789 (softcover : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)791643077 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d BWX $d UKMGB $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a po----- 050 00 $a DU29 K57 2012 100 1 $a Kirk, Robert W., $d 1937- 245 10 $a Paradise past : $b the transformation of the South Pacific, 1520-1920 / $c Robert W. Kirk. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., $c c2012. 300 $a vii, 288 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 26 cm. 520 2 $a "In the 400 years from Magellan's entrance into Pacific waters to 1920, the lives of the people of the South Pacific were transformed. Pacific people died from exotic diseases from Europe and America. The coming of westerners, as this book points out, was not entirely negative, as head-hunting, cannibalism, chronic warfare, human sacrifice, and other practices were diminished"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) and index. 505 0 $a What Magellan never found, 1520-1521 -- Spaniards explore their lake, 1568-1793 -- The Dutch century, 1616-1722 -- Disturbing the Tahitian Arcadia, 1767-1842 -- In the Bounty's wake, 1789-1864 -- A white tribe at Botany Bay, 1788-1911 -- The death of the last Tasmanian, 1642-1876 -- Maori encounters, 1769-1840 -- The Sandwich Islands transformed, 1778-1874 -- Missionaries triumphant : Rarotonga and Mangareva, 1818-1887 -- Cannibals and crucifxes : the Marquesas, 1774-1914 -- Vanished : Easter Island's incredible culture, 1722-1914 -- Bayonets and baguettes : French Polynesia, 1842-1914 -- French Melanesia subdued, 1774-1914 -- Rocking the cradle : Tonga and Samoa, 1773-1914 -- King Cakobau's dilemma : Fiji , 1903-1914 -- Maoris marginalized, 1840-1914 -- Holding out : New Hebrides, the Solomons and New Guinea, 1767-1914 -- Hawaii subdued, 1874-1914 -- The imperial impulse, 1883-1918 -- An ongoing transformation, 1918-20 -- Appendix: Timeline of signifcant events. 651 0 $a Oceania $x History. $x History. 651 00 $a Oceania $x Colonial influence. 651 00 $a Oceania $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Social change $z Oceania $x History. 650 0 $a Indigenous peoples $z Oceania $x History. 650 0 $a Indigenous peoples $z Oceania $x Social conditions. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826063415.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A87B870C6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search