Where the waves fall : a new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule /
Howe, K. R.,
Where the waves fall : a new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule / K.R. Howe. - xix, 403 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
"New Zealand": pages 201-229 and other references. Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-392) and index.
IN THE SEA'S EYE. 1. Whence and how -- 2. Civilisations in the making -- 3. Ethnographic moments -- FROM COLD LANDS. 4. Suspected continents -- 5. The wealth of islands -- 6. To recover the remnant -- CONQUERING KINGS. 7. Pomares of Tahiti -- 8. Kamehamehas of Hawaii -- 9. Taufa'ahau of Tonga -- MONARCHS MANQUE? 10. New Zealand -- II. Samoa -- 12. Fiji -- WESTERN ISLES 13. The making of Melanesia -- 14. Mission frontiers -- 15. Trade frontiers -- EPILOGUE. 16. Considering the new historiography.
0868613436 9780868613437 0868613517 9780868613512
83018295
(AMICUS)000004766912
Islands of the Pacific--History.
Where the waves fall : a new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule / K.R. Howe. - xix, 403 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
"New Zealand": pages 201-229 and other references. Map on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-392) and index.
IN THE SEA'S EYE. 1. Whence and how -- 2. Civilisations in the making -- 3. Ethnographic moments -- FROM COLD LANDS. 4. Suspected continents -- 5. The wealth of islands -- 6. To recover the remnant -- CONQUERING KINGS. 7. Pomares of Tahiti -- 8. Kamehamehas of Hawaii -- 9. Taufa'ahau of Tonga -- MONARCHS MANQUE? 10. New Zealand -- II. Samoa -- 12. Fiji -- WESTERN ISLES 13. The making of Melanesia -- 14. Mission frontiers -- 15. Trade frontiers -- EPILOGUE. 16. Considering the new historiography.
0868613436 9780868613437 0868613517 9780868613512
83018295
(AMICUS)000004766912
Islands of the Pacific--History.