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Books on: pacific islands history

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The Pacific Islands: Paths to the Present

Book by Evelyn Colbert; Westview Press, 1997

Subjects:

Islands Of The Pacific, Oceania--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

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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A History of the Pacific Islands

Book by I. C. Campbell; University of Canterbury Press, 1989

Subjects:

Islands Of The Pacific--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS A History of the Pacific...colonizing power. The history of colonialism in the Pacific islands shared some...speculations in the history of science...mysteries of the Pacific islands. Describing...
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Pacific Forest: A History of Resource Control and Contest in the Solomon Islands, C. 1800-1997

Book by Judith A. Bennett; Brill, 2000

Subjects:

Forest Policy--Solomon Islands--History, Forests And Forestry--Solomon Islands--History

Collections: Entire Library

Pacific Forest Pacific Forest A History of Resource Control...Contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997...SINURP Solomon Islands National Unity...WPHC Western Pacific High Commission...was meant to be a history of the Dominican...
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Democracy in the Islands: The Micronesian Plebiscites of 1983

Book by Austin Ranney, Howard R. Penniman; American Enterprise Institute, 1985

Subjects:

Micronesia (Federated States)--Politics And Government, Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)--Politics And Government, Plebiscite--Micronesia (Federated States), Plebiscite--Pacific Islands (Trust Territory), Referendum--Micronesia (Federated States), Referendum--Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)

Collections: Entire Library

...A Brief History of the Trust...Territory of the Pacific Islands 10...geography, history, and, above...Territory of the Pacific Islands. The process...A Brief History of the Trust...Territory of the Pacific Islands Establishment...
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Creating an American Lake: United States Imperialism and Strategic Security in the Pacific Basin, 1945-1947

Book by Hal M. Friedman; Greenwood Press, 2001

Subjects:

Cold War, Imperialism--History--20th Century, National Security--United States, Pacific Area--Foreign Relations--United States, Pacific Area--Strategic Aspects, Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)--Strategic Aspects, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1953, United States--Foreign Relations--Pacific Area

Collections: History, Entire Library

Many historians of U.S. foreign relations think of the post-World War II period as a time when the United States, as an anti-colonial power, advocated collective security through the United Nations and denounced territorial aggrandizement. Yet between 1945 and 1947, the United States violated its ...
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Many historians of U.S. foreign relations think of the post-World War II period as a time when the United States, as an anti-colonial power, advocated collective security through the United Nations and denounced territorial aggrandizement. Yet between 1945 and 1947, the United States violated its wartime rhetoric and instead sought an imperial solution to its postwar security problems in East Asia by acquiring unilateral control of the western Pacific Islands and dominating influence throughout the entire Pacific Basin. This detailed study examines American foreign policy toward the Pacific Basin from the beginning of the Truman Administration to the implementation of Containment in the summer and fall of 1947. As a case study of the Truman Administration's Early Cold War efforts, it explores pre-Containment policy in light of U.S. security concerns vis-a-vis the Pearl Harbor Syndrome.
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Journal Articles on: pacific islands history

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Texts and Contexts: Reflections in Pacific Islands Historiography

Journal article by Oliver W.S. Bordallo; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Texts and Contexts: Reflections in Pacific Islands Historiography (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...examines the origins of Pacific Islands history as a specialized subject...complexities surrounding Pacific Islands history. Thus it is remarkable...Text and Contexts. Much of Pacific Islands history has always required an interdisciplinary...
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The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia

Journal article by Ron Crocombe; Oceania, Vol. 73, 2002

Subjects:

The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...by country, plus some chapters on overall themes, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia is organized into eight themes: the physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society, and culture. Either way...
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Pacific Islands Regional Integration and Governance

Journal article by Nancy Sullivan; Pacific Affairs, Vol. 79, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Pacific Islands Regional Integration and Governance (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...integration and governance in the Pacific Islands is an important contribution to the Australian...economic aspects of globalization in the Pacific region, especially those aspects of regionalism...The second section, opened by Greg Frys history of Pacific Island attempts at regional...
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World's Apart: A New History of the Pacific Islands

Journal article by Gerald Mcghie; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 30, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, World's Apart: a New History of the Pacific Islands (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Worlds Apart: A New History of the Pacific Islands. by Gerald McGhie...that attacked and reduced Pacific Islands populations lacking natural...and recolonisation of the Pacific Islands was an ongoing process that...
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One and a Half Pacific Islands: Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves

Journal article by David Capie; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 31, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, One and a Half Pacific Islands: Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...is told in One and a Half Pacific Islands. Part history, part collection of personal...illustrations, One and a Half Pacific Islands will be a valuable resource...read for anyone interested in Pacific culture or history. Dr David Capie lectures in...

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Magazine Articles on: pacific islands history

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Trusteeship Council Reviews Conditions in Pacific Islands

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 22, June 1985

Subjects:

Micronesia--Reports, United Nations. Security Council--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., United Nations. Trusteeship Council--Reports

Collections: Entire Library

...eloquently rebutted. In reviewing the history of Micronesia since the Second World War, he said the Japanese islands which had been seized during that...conditions in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands". The annual report covered the...
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The Kuril Islands

Magazine article by Klaus Dodds; Geographical, Vol. 78, December 2006

Subjects:

Islands--Demographic aspects, Islands--Description and travel, Kuril Islands--Demographic aspects, Kuril Islands--History

Collections: Entire Library

The Kuril Islands. by Klaus Dodds...southern the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Russian killed a group...1875 and 1945, the Kuril Islands were effectively handed to...forces, which had occupied the islands and displaced the population...
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A Year of Gay Island Hopping: Who Says Summer Has to End, Just Because Winter Is upon Us? Keep the Sun-Drenched Dream Alive with Our 12-Month Almanac of Worldwide Paradises

Magazine article by Robert Dessaix, Daniel B. Haber, Loann Halden, Matthew Link, Michael Luongo, Aefa Mullholland; The Advocate, November 6, 2007

Subjects:

Caribbean Islands--Description and travel, Festivals--Calendars, Islands--Description and travel, Mediterranean region--Description and travel, Pacific Islands--Description and travel

Collections: Entire Library

...with U.S. naval history. ILLUSTRATION...in the South Pacific, west of the Cook Islands and north of...think its the islands history of being a multicultural...the apex of the islands summer festival...thousand years of history give mythic texture...
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Trusteeship Council Recommends Early Completion of Process of Approval of Compact for Palau

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, August 1987

Subjects:

International trusteeships--Management, Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)--Politics and government, Palau--Relations with the United States, United Nations--Relations with Palau, United States--Relations with Palau

Collections: Entire Library

...and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) had admitted all four Governments...investment continued to increase throughout the islands, especially by Japan. But other countries...health care than at any time in their history. Micronesia continued to be a peaceful...
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Bombing Bali Ha'i: We Love Tropical Islands, but That Doesn't Prevent Us from Using Them for Target Practice

Magazine article by Elaine Robbins; E, Vol. 6, April 1995

Subjects:

Bombing and gunnery ranges--Reports, Bombings--Environmental aspects, Islands of the Pacific--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...have to understand the relationship of Pacific peoples to their land to understand what...center, as well as inhabitants of nearby islands, suffered horrible effects from radiation...perhaps the saddest development in the history of tropical island colonialism is a desperate...

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Newspaper Articles on: pacific islands history

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Rugby Union: RU-NIQUE; WALES V PACIFIC ISLANDS, SATURDAY 2.30 Caucau Is in a Class of His Own

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 5, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...although he is part of the Pacific Islands squad, no one knows...but he also has a history of unforeseen and unexplained...different team to face the Pacific Islands because we need to...the need arises. "The Pacific Islands will be extremely physical...
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Rugby Union: FINISH ON A HIGH; INTERNATIONAL RUGBY: IRELAND V PACIFIC ISLANDS, LANSDOWNE ROAD, TOMORROW, 2.45 O'Sullivan: There Will Be a Lot of Nostalgia before the Old Stadium Is Razed

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...RUGBY: IRELAND V PACIFIC ISLANDS, LANSDOWNE ROAD, TOMORROW...caps - will take on the Pacific Islanders in a bid to make...admits that the weight of history is on the shoulders of the...is set to start against Pacific Islands
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Travel: Hawaiian Heaven; Its 132 Islands May Be among the Most Volcanic in the World, but Melvyn Howe Finds Life on This Pacific Archipelago Is Calmness Personified

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 10, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...greatest natural history stories, a place...emerged from the Pacifics 19,000ft depths...Fortunately, seven main islands satisfy even...reflects the islands genuine friendliness...Legends of the Pacific Dinner Show offers...buffet and exotic Pacific Rim dances. Another...Heading towards the islands mountainous spine...
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New Scottish Regiment Now Recruits One Soldier in Ten from Fiji Islands

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 13, 2007

Subjects:

Islands, Soldiers--Recruiting, United Kingdom. Army

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...RRS). Ministry of Defence figures have shown that the Pacific islands nation, with a population of only 880,000, now contributes...Nepalese warriors have a higher profile in British military history. Fijians have already died in the current Afghanistan...
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Galapagos: Unique Exotic Creatures Inhabit Protected Islands

Newspaper article by Fred J. Eckert; The Washington Times, November 18, 2000

Subjects:

Galapagos Islands

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Islands, 600 miles out in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador...world: here in the Galapagos Islands and, in far fewer numbers...remarkable feature in the natural history of this archipelago," he wrote...England, "is that the different islands to a considerable extent are...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: pacific islands history

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Marshall Islands

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pop. 59,000), in the central Pacific. The Marshalls extend over...is dependent on U.S. aid. History Some of the islands were visited by Spanish explorers...the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947. After the war both...
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Solomon Islands

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pop. 538,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands...legislation. There is very little manufacturing. History A Spanish explorer, Alvaro de Mendena de Neira...
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Cook Islands

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pop. 19,569), 90 sq mi (234 sq km), S Pacific, SE of Samoa; a self-governing state in...with New Zealand. It consists of 15 small islands and is comprised of two main groups, the...consultation with the Cook Islands government. History The southern islands were probably...
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Samoa , Country, Sw Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pop. 177,000), South Pacific, comprising the western...There are nine major islands: Upolu , Savaii...is also important. History All of the Samoan islands west of long. 171 W...Zealand seized the islands from Germany in 1914...
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Palau

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...shellfishing are the chief economic activities. History Spain held the islands for about 300 years before selling them to Germany...administered United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947. Palaus constitution, adopted in...

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