Worlds Apart

A History of the Pacific Islands

Ian C. Campbell

• Editorial: Canterbury University Press
• Año: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781927145418
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Historia
• Categoría: Historia de Australia y Oceanía

Spanning the social, political, and economic history of the Pacific Islands—which include Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia—this book provides an overview of this complex and changing area. It has been updated to detail the first settlement of the islands by raft and canoe voyagers, presenting a new theory. It then covers the centuries of Western contact, cultural influence, colonialism, and the coming of independence. Including key political changes that have occurred in the first decade of the new millennium, this new edition brings into focus the rich past of this diverse region.

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• ORTHOGRAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER ONE: The People of Oceania
• CHAPTER TWO: Papuan and Austronesian Colonisation
• CHAPTER THREE: 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: Colonisation, Commerce and Christianity
• CHAPTER TEN: Imperialist Intervention
• CHAPTER ELEVEN: After a Century of Contact
• CHAPTER TWELVE: Early Experiments in Colonial Government 1: the British Empire
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Early Experiments in Colonial Government 2: France, Germany and the United States
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Civilising Colonialism: The League of Nations Experiment
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Certainty and Insecurity: 1914–45
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Planning a New World
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Independence Bestowed
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Independence Retarded
• CHAPTER NINETEEN: Post-colonial Trends
• CHAPTER TWENTY: Democratic Variations
• APPENDIX: Basic Facts
• FURTHER READING some starting points …
• INDEX
• Copyright