Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People

ISBN-13: 9781137001634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 392 str.

David Armitage; Alison Bashford

Opis

The first comprehensive account to place the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean into the perspective of world history. A distinguished international team of historians provides a multidimensional account of the Pacific, its inhabitants and the lands within and around it over 50,000 years, with special attention to the peoples of Oceania. It providing chronological coverage along with analyses of themes such as the environment, migration and the economy; religion, law and science; race, gender and politics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; David Armitage and Alison Bashford.- PART I: PERIODISING THE PACIFIC.- 2. The Pacific in Indigenous Time; Damon Salesa.- 3. The Pacific Before Empire, c. 1500-1800; Joyce E. Chaplin.- 4. The Age of Empire in the Pacific; Nicholas Thomas.- 5. A Pacific Century?; Akira Iriye.- PART II: CONNECTIONS.- 6. The Environment; Ryan T. Jones.- 7. Movement; Adam McKeown.- 8. The Economy since 1800; Kaoru Sigihara.- PART III: KNOWLEDGES.- 9. Religion; Bronwen Douglas.- 10. Law; Lisa Ford.- 11. Science; Sujit Sivasundaram.- PART IV: IDENTITIES.- 12. Race; James Belich.- 13. Gender; Patricia O'Brien.- 14. Politics; Robert Aldrich.- Afterword: Pacific Crosscurrents; Matt K. Matsuda .- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History and Foundations of Modern International Thought, and co-editor of The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, 2nd edition, and The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840.
 
Alison Bashford is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has taught Pacific and Australian history at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Harvard University, USA. She is the author of, most recently, Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on Earth, and co-editor of The Cambridge History of Australia.