The Pacific islands : environment & society / edited by Moshe Rapaport.
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TextPublication details: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi : Bess Press, ©1999.Description: vi, 442 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 1573060429
- 9781573060424
- 1573060836
- 9781573060837
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TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection | PAC 990 PAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FEAH24120201 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The Physical Environment. 1. Climate / Andrew P. Sturman and Hamish A. McGowan. 2. Oceanography / Lynne D. Talley, Gerard J. Fryer and Rick Lumpkin. 3. Geology / Gerard J. Fryer and Patricia Fryer. 4. Geomorphology / Patrick D. Nunn. 5. Soil / R. John Morrison. 6. Water / Derrick Depledge -- The Living Environment. 7. Biogeography / E. Alison Kay. 8. Terrestrial Ecosystems / Harley I. Manner, Dieter Mueller-Dombois and Moshe Rapaport. 9. Aquatic Ecosystems / Stephen G. Nelson -- History. 10. The Precontact Period / Frank R. Thomas. 11. The Postcontact Period / David A. Chappell. 12. Changing Patterns of Power / Terence Wesley-Smith. 13. "Race," Identity and Representation / R.D.K. Herman. 14. Here Our Words / Selina Tusitala Marsh -- Culture. 15. Language / Andrew Pawley. 16. Social Relations / Lamont Lindstrom. 17. Tenure / Ron Crocombe. 18. Law / Richard Scaglion. 19. Religion / John Barker. 20. Art / Deborah Waite -- Population. 21. Demography / Jean-Louis Rallu and Dennis A. Ahlburg. 22. Mobility / Moshe Rapaport. 23. Health / Nancy J. Pollock and Sitaleki A. Finau. 24. Education / Glenda Mather. 25. Women / Camilla Cockerton. 26. Urbanization / Jean-Pierre Doumenge. 27. Urban Dilemmas / John Connell and John P. Lea -- Economy. 28. Economy / Geoffrey Bertram. 29. Agriculture and Forestry / William C. Clarke, Harley I. Manner and Randolph R. Thaman. 30. Ocean Resources / Tim Adams, Paul Dalzell and Esaroma Ledua. 31. Mining / Glenn Banks and Frank McShane. 32. Tourism / Michael Fagence. 33. Communications / Michael R. Ogden and Suzanna Layton -- Island Gazetteer.
"The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society combines the scholarship and research of forty-five notable contributors in a volume suitable as a text for university-level courses in geography, anthropology, or area studies. Its thirty-three referenced chapters cover physical environment, living environment, history, culture, population, and economy"--Jacket.