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A History of the Pacific Islands
by I. C. Campbell. 242 pgs.

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Maps

A Note on Orthography and Pronunciation

Preface

Chapter One the Original Inhabitants

Chapter Two Austronesian Colonization

Chapter Three Polynesia: the Age of European Discovery

Chapter Four Polynesia: Trade and Social Change

Chapter Five Polynesia: Missionaries and Kingdoms

Chapter Six Polynesia: European Settlement and the Later Kingdoms

Chapter Seven Melanesia: Sandalwood and 'Blackbirding'

Chapter Eight Melanesia: Missionaries and Colonists

Chapter Nine Micronesia: Informal Colonization

Chapter Ten the Politics of Annexation

Chapter Eleven After a Century of Contact

Chapter Twelve Priorities in Colonial Policies

Chapter Thirteen Colonial Consolidation

Chapter Fourteen Planning a New World

Chapter Fifteen Attaining Independence

Chapter Sixteen Since Independence

Chapter Seventeen Looking Back

Glossary of Terms Used

Index
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The Pacific Islands: Paths to the Present
by Evelyn Colbert. 104 pgs.

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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 specialized literature available about the South Pacific.

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Nations of the Modern World: Asia

Published in Cooperation with the Asia Society

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Tables and Maps

Foreword

Preface

1: Introduction: the Region and Its Peoples

Part One: Exploration, Contact, and Control

2: Explorers, Traders, and Missionaries

3: The Tides of Empire

Part Two: Toward Independence and Elsewhere

4: The Catalyst of War

5: Patterns of Political Evolution

Part Three: The Practice of Politics

6: Running the State

7: Challenges to Constitutional Order

Part Four: Coping with the outside World

8: Constraints, Assets, and Initiatives

9: International Issues of Island Concern

10: Conclusion

Appendixes

Appendix 1: Vital Statistics Land Area (Km2) Eez (000 Km2) Population

Appendix 2: Social Indicators of the Independent Island States

About the Book and Author

Index
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In Oceania: Visions, Artifacts, Histories
by Nicholas Thomas. 270 pgs.

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List of Figures

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: TUPAIA'S MAP

PART I: VISIONS OF HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

1: Partial Texts: Representation, Colonialism, and Agency in Pacific History

2: Alejandro Mayta in Fiji: Narratives about Millenarianism, Colonialism, Postcolonial Politics, and Custom

PART II: COLONIAL IMAGES AND NARRATIVES

3: Liberty and License: New Zealand Societies in Cook Voyage Anthropology

4: Objects of Knowledge: Oceanic Artifacts in European Engravings

5: Melanesians and Polynesians: Ethnic Typifications inside and outside Anthropology

6: Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial History in Popular Fiction

PART III: BEYOND THE INVENTION OF TRADITION

7: Tin and Thatch

8: The Inversion of Tradition

9: Contrasts: Marriage and Identity in Western Fiji

Epilogue: From Contrast to Relation

Appendix: The Bula Tale Movement

NOTES

REFERENCES

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Trust Territories, in American Journal of International Law
by Marian Nash. 35 pgs.

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Island Administration in the South West Pacific: Government and Reconstruction in New Caledonia, the New Hebrides, and the British Solomon Islands
by Cyril S. Belshaw. 158 pgs.

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Preface

Chapter I: Introduction

Part I: Factors Affecting Administration

Part I: Factors Affecting Administration

Chapter III: The Native Inhabitants?

Chapter IV: European Activity

Chapter V: Administration

Chapter VI: The War and Its Immediate Effects

Part II: Problems of Development Policy

Part II: Problems of Development Policy

Chapter VIII: Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development

Chapter IX: Peasant Native Agriculture

Chapter X: Mining, Transport, and Commerce

Chapter XI: Administrative Organization and Social Services

Chapter XII: Native Participation in Politics

Chapter XIII: International Considerations

Appendix 1: Representative Bibliography

Appendix 2: Native Attitudes During the War

Appendix 3: Questions on the Solomon Islands and New Hebrides in the House of Commons

Index
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South Pacific Island Futures: Paradise, Prosperity, or Pauperism?, in Contemporary Pacific
by R. Gerard Ward. 21 pgs.

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Beyond Hula, Hotels, and Handicrafts: A Pacific Islander's Perspective of Tourism Development, in Contemporary Pacific
by Konai Helu-Thaman. 29 pgs.

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The Art of the South Sea Islands, Including Australia and New Zealand
by Terry Barrow, Alfred Buehler, Charles P. Mountford. 254 pgs.

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List of Plates

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

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Oceania

I. Geographical Setting, Peoples and Civilizations

Ii. Principles of Oceanic Art

Iii. Religious, Social and Technological Basis of Oceanic Art

Iv. Style Provinces and Styles

V. the Art Styles of Oceania and Their Historical Significance

Art of the New Zealand Maori

The Aboriginal Art of Australia

Glossary

Bibliography

Index
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Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, in New Zealand International Review
by Urwin, Greg. 4 pgs.

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Consolidating Existing Ties: France and the South Pacific in the 1990s, in Contemporary Review
by Wayne McCallum. 7 pgs.

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Democracy in the Islands: The Micronesian Plebiscites of 1983
by Austin Ranney, Howard R. Penniman. 128 pgs.

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President's Foreword

Foreword

Note

Preface

Notes

1: Prelude to the Plebiscites

NOTES

2: The Republic of Palau

Notes

3: The Federated States of Micronesia

Notes

4: The Marshall Islands

Notes

5: Referendums in Traditional Societies

Conclusion

Index
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South Pacific Anger over French Nuclear Testing, in Contemporary Review
by Keith Suter. 6 pgs.

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Geography of the Pacific
by Otis W. Freeman. 580 pgs.

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Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

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1: Geographic Setting of the Pacific

2: The Native Peoples of the Pacific

3: The Exploration and Mapping Of the Pacific

4: Australia: the Physical Framework

5: Australia: the Cultural Development

6: Northern Melanesia: New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago

7: Eastern Melanesia John Wesley Coulter

8: The Mariana, Volcano, And Bonin Islands

9: The Caroline Islands

10: Micronesia: Marshalls, Gilberts, Ocean Island, and Nauru

11: The Philippine Islands

12: Hawaii and American Island Outposts

13: Eastern Polynesia

14: Central and Western Polynesia

15: New Zealand

16: Indonesia

17: The Kuril and Ryukyu Islands

18: Islands of the Eastern And Northern Pacific

19: Trade, Transportation, And Strategic Location in the Pacific

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