The people of the sea : environment, identity and history in Oceania

1. Verfasser: D'Arcy, Paul , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2008.
Ausgabe: Paperback edition.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780824832971
Schlagworte:
Pacific Islanders > Social life and customs.
National characteristics > Oceania.
Seafaring life > Oceania.
Navigation > Oceania > History.
Maritime anthropology > Oceania.
Ocean and civilization.
National characteristics, Pacific Island.
Oceania > Social life and customs.
Oceania > Environmental conditions.
Oceania > History.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The oceanic environment
  • Local worlds : the sea in everyday life
  • Communication and relative isolation in the sea of islands
  • Seafaring in Oceania
  • Fluid frontiers : the sea as a contested space
  • Across the horizon : interactions with the outside world
  • Connected by the sea : toward a regional history of the Western Caroline Islands.

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