Where the Waves Fall: A New South Sea Islands History from First Settlement to Colonial Rule

ISBN-13: 9781032438771 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 422 str.

K.R. Howe

Opis

Where the Waves Fall (1984) centres the stories of the Pacific Islanders and how they were affected by European explorers and colonisers in this unique account of human settlement and cultural interchange in the Pacific islands.

Spis treści

Part 1. In the Sea’s Eye  1. Whence and How  2. Civilisations in the Making  3. Ethnographic Moments  Part 2. From Cold Lands  4. Suspected Continents  5. The Wealth of Islands  6. To Recover the Remnant  Part 3. Conquering Kings  7. Pomares of Tahiti  8. Kamehamehas of Hawaii  9. Taufa‘ahau of Tonga  Part 4. Monarchs Manqué?  10. New Zealand  11. Samoa  12. Fiji  Part 5. Western Isles  13. The Making of Melanesia  14. Mission Frontiers  15. Trade Frontiers  Epilogue  16. Considering the New Historiography

O autorze

K.R. Howe