The Pacific Islands : Paths To The Present

ISBN-13: 9780813332864 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 139 str.

Evelyn S. Colbert; Nicholas Platt; Evelyn S. Colbert

Opis

This volume sets out to provide an accessible introduction to the institutions, policy concerns and international roles of the Pacific Islands. The author paints an overall picture of the region, delineating the geographic and cultural features of the major island groups, examining the island's history of contact with the West, and discussing issues of local and international concern, such as nuclear testing and the destructive exploitation of the island's natural resources.

Spis treści

Introduction - the region and its peoples. Part 1 Exploration, contact, and control: explorers, traders, and missionaries; the tides of empire. Part 2 Toward independence and elsewhere: the catalyst of war; patterns of political evolution. Part 3 The practice of politics: running the state; challenges to constitutional order. Part 4 Coping with the outside world: constraints, assets, and initiatives; international issues of island concern.

O autorze

Evelyn Colbert