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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Horwitz, Tony

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Two centuries after James Cook's epic voyages of discovery, Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "Confederates in the Attic" takes readers on a wild ride across hemispheres and centuries to recapture the Captain's adventures and explore his... [More...]

The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
Hunt, Terry L.

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Hunt and Lipo present a radical new theory concerning one of the most outstanding mysteries of human history- Easter Island.

Kiste: Amer Anthro in Micronesia
Kiste, Robert C.

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American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment evaluates how anthropological research in the Trust Territory has affected the Micronesian people, the U.S. colonial administration, and the discipline of anthropology itself. Contributors analyze the... [More...]

The Pacific Islands: Paths to the Present
Colbert, Evelyn S.

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This accessible volume provides a brief introduction to the institutions, policy concerns, and international roles of the Pacific islands. Evelyn Colbert expertly paints an overall picture of the region using broad brush strokes, complementing the mostly... [More...]

Last Discoveries: 10 Islands, 1795-1807: A Collection of Source Documents
Levesque, Rodrigue

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Pacific Journeys: Essays in Honour of John Dunmore
Cropp, Glynnis M.

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This volume of essays, some of which are in French, are written by leading academics from New Zealand and France about the French presence and influence in the Pacific region. A tribute to the invaluable role John Dunmore played in advancing the historical... [More...]

The State and Its Enemies in Papua New Guinea
Wanek, Alexander

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A study of nation-building processes in the young state of Papua New Guinea, and of opposition to these in one of the country's peripheral provinces, Manus. Intense resistance to Lucifer (the state) is offered there by Wind Nation, the old Paliau

Stealing People's Names: History and Politics in a Sepik River Cosmology
Harrison, Simon J.

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Among the people of Avatip, a community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, the most prestigious and valued forms of wealth are personal names. In this intriguing study, Simon Harrison analyzes the significance of names in the context of Avatip ritual,... [More...]

Islands, Islanders and the World: The Colonial and Post-Colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji
Bayliss-Smith, Tim

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This is a book about Fiji, a country whose recent political instability can be traced directly to its distinctive colonial and post-colonial experience. For one particular region of Fiji, the authors examine the environmental, social, and economic aspects... [More...]

Pathways to the Present: U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific
Blackford, Mansel G.

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Ranging from the Hawaiian Archipelago to the Aleutian Islands, from Silicon Valley to Guam, Pathways to the Present is a thoroughly researched and concisely argued account of economic and environmental change in the postwar "American" Pacific. Following a... [More...]

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