The History of the Pacific Islands

Part 1 Islands and an ocean - the Pacific backgound: I have arrived, come to life, come to life - in search of the mind of the first settlers trenches, carbon dates and linguistics - the scientific record of early human beings the island-finding art - probabilities in Pacific navigation Is the land to have a new chief? - social structure and the sea-attuned society dating and mechanism in the emergence of states Kings of the black purple - reflections of realities in oral literature Edal Siabo and the sea spirit - oral literature of the Western Ocean. Part 2 Spanish interlude - the islands see Mendana, Quiros and Prado contact in the Mariana and Caroline islands Tahiti - shaking the tree. Part 3 Transformations, retentions and the islands trade, 1800-1900 land, capital, labour and the planter's dream questions of Sovereignty, 1840-1922 colonial experiences and styles, 1874-1943. Part 4 World War 2 and the South Pacific aftermath, 1939-1950 global pawns - micronesians and the United States, 1944-1986 searching for Sovereignty in the South Pacific, 1962-1980 renewals and departures in the 1980s

Geography · Kingdom · Reef · Geology · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Oceanography · Paleontology

• Understanding Polynesian Traditional history

  Niel Gunson•Journal of Pacific History•1993

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• The pacific islands labour trade

  Doug Munro•Slavery and Abolition•1993

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• Política Linguística Na Oceania

  Open Access•Denise Barcelos Da Silva•Alfa•2019

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• Mystery in the eye of the Beholder

  Amanda Morgan•Journal of Pacific History•1996

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• The poetics of tongan traditional history, tala‐ē‐fonua

  Okusitino Māhina•Journal of Pacific History•1993

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• The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders

  Judith Huntsman, Donald Denoon et al.•Pacific Affairs•1998

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