Where the waves fall: A new South Seas Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule - Softcover
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- PublisherGeorge Allen & Unwin
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0868613436
- ISBN 13 9780868613437
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages403
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Where the Waves Fall : a new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule (Pacific islands monograph series)
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 403 pages. Map on lining papers. Includes index. Bibliograp hy: p. 375-392. Seller Inventory # 329p
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Where the Waves Fall: A New South Seas Islands History from First Settlement to Colonial Rule
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Where the Waves Fall: A New South Sea Islands History from First Settlement to Colonial Rule
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(1984)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression. Size: Octavo (sLarge Octavotandard book size). 403 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped. 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. It follows the fortunes of the seafarers who discovered island after island in the world's largest ocean, traces the development of their civilisations and examines in depth the interaction between them and the newcomers - European explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries, merchants - who from the sixteenth century came in an increasing series of waves. The book's framework enables the author to throw new light on hitherto isolated events. Novel suggestions are advanced as to why some islands became 'kingdoms' in the earlier years of European contact and why others did not, and of how and why missionaries were accepted on some islands but not on others. Nor does Professor Howe shrink from provocative and at times controversial arguments concerning the ambitions and strategies of island leaders and indeed the overall nature and extent of the initiatives taken by the islanders. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; 19th century; ISBN: 0868613436. ISBN/EAN: 9780868613437. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9568. Seller Inventory # 9568
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