Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "This study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the creation of the modern Pacific states"--Publisher's description

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: First edition of this ?scarce and important work on Tahiti by a long-time resident?. Moerenhout includes an historical account of Tahiti since the time of Captain Cook, examines native culture, and includes an essay on the origin of the Polynesians. Two plates of portraits have three images of Tahitians and two are views of Tahiti. One of the plates shows surviving Bounty mutineer John Adams. The work includes occasional references to Hawaii. The author was sometime US consul in the Pacific Islands, and French consul in Tahiti.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: First edition of this ?scarce and important work on Tahiti by a long-time resident?. Moerenhout includes an historical account of Tahiti since the time of Captain Cook,…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "An additional interest in the tales, the legends, and the romances of the South Sea Islands, as the combined South Pacific Groups are designated, is afforded by the graphic description of their inhabitants now given us by Mr. Burnett, who sees with the eye of an Ethnologist, Antiquarian, and Artist, hears with the ear of a Student, talks with the tongue, ad writes with the pen of a Philosopher. He reproduces what he has observed, in a somewhat extended tour, by the portrayal of the natives in their various aspects and conditions of life ; and his picture is vitalized and vivid."--preface.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "An additional interest in the tales, the legends, and the romances of the South Sea Islands, as the combined South Pacific Groups are designated, is afforded by the graphic…

Description: How do images circulating in Pacific cultures and exchanged between them and their many visitors transform meanings for all involved? This fascinating collection explores how through mimesis, wayfarers and locales alike borrow images from one another to expand their cultural repertoire of meanings or borrow images from their own past to validate their identities.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: How do images circulating in Pacific cultures and exchanged between them and their many visitors transform meanings for all involved? This fascinating collection explores how…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the creation of the modern Pacific states. It also examines the fascinating processes which have contributed to the formation of the hybrid Pacific we know today."--Jacket.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "This wide-ranging study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: "The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders makes a landmark contribution to our understanding of this expansive and diverse region. Donald Denoon has assembled an outstanding team of scholars to produce a history that is as lively and provocative as it is rigorous and comprehensive. While it acknowledges the great diversity of Pacific peoples' cultures and experiences, the book looks for common patterns and related themes, presenting them in an insightful and innovative way."--Back cover.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders makes a landmark contribution to our understanding of this expansive and diverse region. Donald Denoon has assembled an…