Pacific Islands, Peoples and the Equator
Author | : Thomas Jefferson (Ship : APA-30) |
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Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Shellbacks |
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Author | : Thomas Jefferson (Ship : APA-30) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : Shellbacks |
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Author | : Andrew Cheyne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1852 |
Genre | : Islands of the Pacific |
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Author | : Walter M. Goldberg |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2017-12-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319695320 |
This volume provides an accessible scientific introduction to the historical geography of Tropical Pacific Islands, assessing the environmental and cultural changes they have undergone and how they are affected currently by these shifts and alterations. The book emphasizes the roles of plants, animals, people, and the environment in shaping the tropical Pacific through a cross-disciplinary approach involving history, geography, biology, environmental science, and anthropology. With these diverse scientific perspectives, the eight chapters of the book provide a comprehensive overview of Tropical Pacific Islands from their initial colonization by native peoples to their occupation by colonial powers, and the contemporary changes that have affected the natural history and social fabric of these islands. The Tropical Pacific Islands are introduced by a description of their geological formation, development, and geography. From there, the book details the origins of the island's original peoples and the dawn of the political economy of these islands, including the domestication and trade of plants, animals, and other natural resources. Next, readers will learn about the impact of missionaries on Pacific Islands, and the affects of Wold War II and nuclear testing on natural resources and the health of its people. The final chapter discusses the islands in the context of natural resource extraction, population increases, and global climate change. Working together these factors are shown to affect rainfall and limited water resources, as well as the ability to sustain traditional crops, and the capacity of the islands to accomodate its residents.
Author | : R. J. Morrison |
Publisher | : [email protected] |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789820201071 |
"Science of the Pacific Island Peoples is a series of four volumes which contains a unique collection of traditional scientific and technical knowledge from the Pacific Islands. Traditional knowledge, based on accumulated experience or continuous usage, is usually passed from one generation to the next by work of mouth and demonstration. Having had little attention from the media, education ministries, or development agencies, traditional knowledge is in danger of being forgotten. These books attempt to record some aspects of traditional knowledge before they are lost. This, the fourth volume, on Education, Language, Patterns, and Policy contains chapters on allegory, Australia, tourism, the 21st century, Fijian cosmology, Tongan symmetries, Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands, communication and information, the Crown Research Institutes of Aotearoa/New Zealand, Polynesian thought, Maori knowledge, developmental activities in Western Samoa, Fijian mats, Micronesian development, and Vanuatu games. The other volumes in the series are Ocean and Coastal Studies (volume 1); Land Use and Agriculture (volume 2); and Fauna, Flora, Food & Medicine (volume 3)."--Back cover.
Author | : Lydia Mihelic Pulsipher |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 2005-01-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780716719045 |
The scale of [this book] encompasses vast continents and global forces, but often its descriptive focus on individual lives has the most impact. Stories of people and families make the study of geography compelling. Students begin to grasp the complex patterns at work in the world today as they see how people are affected by, and respond to, economic, social, and political processes. Through these stories of individual lives, [the authors] hope to convey the impact of globalization, a major theme of the text. To highlight global to local and interregional connections, the text includes a number of topics that have no borders: the war on terrorism, realignments in the global political order, interregional trade, the global economy, popular culture, the environment, and the Internet. Here, again, the focus on the individual person provides insight, offering local perspectives on these global trends.-Preface.
Author | : R. G. Crocombe |
Publisher | : [email protected] |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Asia |
ISBN | : 9789820203884 |
"A spectacular transition is under way in the Pacific Islands, as a result of which all our lives will be radically different. In the last fifty years or so, Asia has begun to play a bigger and bigger role in all aspects of Islands life - migration, trade and investment, aid and development, information and media, religion, culture and sport. It is replacing the West. The process is irreversible. With his trademark breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of the region, based on over half a century of experience, study and deliberation, Ron Crocombe documents the early connections between Asia and the Pacific, details recent and continuing changes, and poses challenging theories about the future."--Publisher.
Author | : Douglas L. Oliver |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2021-05-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0824843444 |
Even before Western contact, the Pacific Islanders inhabited nearly every island north and east of Australia - a thousand distinctive peoples. This overview of the cultures of the Pacific Islands treats their physical setting, prehistory, activities, and social relations before European influences subjected them to radical changes. It is intended mainly for college-level students in courses dealing with the region, but Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands will also be enjoyed by those interested in the Pacific Islands and by visitors to the Pacific. The book is an abridgement of the author’s larger, two-volume work, Oceania: The Native Cultures of Australia and the Pacific Islands. Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands contains a number of maps and illustrations from the larger work.
Author | : R. G. Crocombe |
Publisher | : [email protected] |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9789820201163 |
"The world's most powerful nation, and more than a dozen of the world's smallest, have been interacting for 200 years. Beginning with whaling in the 1700's, it has continued through many trades, investment, eduction, churches, media, diplomacy and strategic issues. As significant as the movement of Americans to the Pacific is that of 150,000 Pacific Islanders to the USA. This important book documents the growing interaction with the USA to the pinnacle of involvement in World War II. The importance of USA to the Pacific Islands remained high until the end of the 1980's but has declined since then on almost every dimension. While USA will remain significant for the Pacific Islands, its relative profile will continue to decline." -- Back cover.
Author | : Willard C. Muller |
Publisher | : Lincoln Square Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) |
ISBN | : 9780963737014 |
This book is about the people of some remote, incredibly beautiful Pacific islands near the equator, and the small band of mostly young and middle-aged Americans sent out to help prepare them for a better life, including independence. The author, former American Consul and Administrator of part of the middle Carolines, takes readers for close-up looks--to almost experience--their fascinating islands culture. The author concludes knowledge of culture is a must if foreigners assigned to any foreign country hope to work there effectively.