The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, And History in Oceania

The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, And History in Oceania
ISBN-10
082482959X
ISBN-13
9780824829599
Series
The People of the Sea
Category
History
Pages
292
Language
English
Published
2006-01-01
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Author
Paul D'Arcy

Description

Countering the dominant paradigms of recent Pacific Islands' historiography, which tend to limit understanding of the sea's importance, this volume emphasizes the flux in the maritime environment and how it instilled an expectation and openness toward outside influences and the rapidity with which cultural change could occur in relations between various Islander groups." "Students and scholars of Pacific history and environmental and cultural studies will welcome this re-evaluation of the sea's influence in Oceanic history."--BOOK JACKET.

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