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

Title
The people of the sea : environment, identity and history in Oceania / Paul D'Arcy.
Author
D'Arcy, Paul.
Publication
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2006.

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Description
xvii, 292 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Pacific Islanders > Social life and customs
  • National characteristics > Oceania
  • Seafaring life > Oceania
  • Navigation > Oceania > History
  • Maritime anthropology > Oceania
  • Ocean and civilization
  • Oceania > Social life and customs
  • Oceania > Environmental conditions
  • Oceania > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-282) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 06-5381
ISBN
082482959X (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005029353
  • 9780824829599
OCLC
62118235
Author
D'Arcy, Paul.
Title
The people of the sea : environment, identity and history in Oceania / Paul D'Arcy.
Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-282) and index.
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9780824829599
Research Call Number
JFE 06-5381
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