In a world historical perspective, the indigenous populations of Melanesia have been among
the last to be contacted and then pacified by Western colonial powers. Particularly true of …

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America's efforts at economic development in the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands
proved to be about transforming in dramatic fashion people who occupied real estate …

Tradition always encodes a relation between past and present, but that relation may be
constituted as continuous or discontinuous (see Handler and Linnekin 1984). Pasts are …

This provocative analysis and critique of American representations of Oceania and
Oceanians from the nineteenth century to the present, argues that imperial fantasies have …

This title was first published in 2000: An original and thought-provoking analysis of modern
initiatives in the tropical rain forest. While issues such as logging, eco-timber, eco-tourism …

The first undergraduate guide to qualitative ethnographic fieldwork, this book describes a
step-by-step procedure called the dialogical hermeneutic method of analysis, including its …

This is the first exploration of modern Australian social anthropology which examines the
forces that helped shaped its formation. In his new work, Geoffrey Gray reveals the struggle …

For some, Tahiti, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna are idyllic tropical islands with a
French flavour, while for others they represent continuing French colonialism, thwarted …

World War II was a watershed event for the people of the former Japanese colonies of
Micronesia. The Japanese military build-up, the conflict itself, and the American occupation …