Pacific Worlds : A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures
Matt K. Matsuda
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2012
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (454 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Pacific Worlds; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: ENCIRCLING THE OCEAN; 1: CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A CENTER; 2: TRADING RINGS AND TIDAL EMPIRES; 3: STRAITS, SULTANS, AND TREASURE FLEETS; 4: CONQUERED COLONIES AND IBERIAN AMBITIONS; 5: ISLAND ENCOUNTERS AND THE SPANISH LAKE; 6: SEA CHANGES AND SPICE ISLANDS; 7: SAMURAI, PRIESTS, AND POTENTATES; 8: PIRATES AND RAIDERS OF THE EASTERN SEAS; 9: ASIA, AMERICA, AND THE AGE OF THE GALLEONS; 10: NAVIGATORS OF POLYNESIA AND PARADISE; 11: GODS AND SKY PIERCERS. - 12: EXTREMITIES OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN CONTINENT13: THE WORLD THAT CANTON MADE; 14: FLAGS, TREATIES, AND GUNBOATS; 15: MIGRATIONS, PLANTATIONS, AND THE PEOPLE TRADE; 16: IMPERIAL DESTINIES ON FOREIGN SHORES; 17: TRADITIONS OF ENGAGEMENT AND ETHNOGRAPHY; 18: WAR STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC THEATER; 19: PROPHETS AND REBELS OF DECOLONIZATION; 20: CRITICAL MASS FOR THE EARTH AND OCEAN; 21: SPECTERS OF MEMORY, AGENTS OF DEVELOPMENT; 22: REPAIRING LEGACIES, CLAIMING HISTORIES; AFTERWORD: WORLD HERITAGE; NOTES; INDEX. - Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.
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| ISBN | 9780521715669. - 9780521887632
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