Pacific worlds: a history of seas, peoples, and cultures

by Matsuda, Matt K.

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Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.

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Full title :Pacific worlds : a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda.

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Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (436 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0521715660, 0521887631, 9780521715669, 9780521887632, 9781139217521, 1139217526, 1107226147, 9781107226142, 1139209493, 9781139209496, 1280568712, 9781280568718, 9786613598318, 6613598313, 1139222333, 9781139222334, 1139034316, 9781139034319, 1139214446, 9781139214445, 1139224042, 9781139224048, 1139220616, 9781139220613
oclc:on1043674578
LC Classification:DU28.3
Dewey Decimal:995

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

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Civilization History Pacific Area Pacific Area -- Civilization Pacific Area -- History Pacifique, Région du -- Civilisation Pacifique, Région du -- Histoire