General & Miscellaneous Asian History, General & Miscellanous Oceanian History

History of the Pacific Islands

Name: History of the Pacific Islands
Author: Campbell
ISBN: 9780520069008

by Campbell

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Overview

History of the Pacific Islands marks the first time in forty years that a balanced and succinct introduction to the peoples of the Pacific islands has been made avaliable to students, travellers, and scholars. Dr. Ian Campbell's informed and balanced perspective illuminates the development of the rich and fascinating variety of cultures of the Pacific islanders and their experience with intensive European contact during the last two hundred years. A History of the Pacific Islandsis a bright, lively survey of the kind not attempted since Douglas Oliver's celebrated The Pacific Islands was first published in 1951.

About the Author, Campbell

Dr. Ian Campbell lectures in the History Department at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, where he teaches several courses in Pacific history. He has been interested in the Pacific islands since first going to live in Tonga at the age of seven.