Tides of history :  the Pacific Islands in the twentieth century / 
edited by K.R. Howe, Robert C. Kiste, and Brij V. Lal. 
 - xviii, 475 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Map of the Pacific Islands on endpapers. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Pre-colonial times / Robert Kiste -- Imperial manoeuvres / Peter Hempenstall -- Holland, Britain and Germany in Melanesia / Judith Bennett -- Britain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand in Polynesia / Roger Thompson -- Patterns of colonial rule in Micronesia / David Hanlon -- France in Melanesia and Polynesia / Stepehn Henningham. World War Two / Hugh Laracy -- Britain / Barrie Macdonald -- Australia and New Zealand / Terence Wesley-Smith -- United States / Robert Kiste -- France / Paul de Deckker -- Regionalism and nationalism / Richard A. Herr -- Strategic and nuclear issues / Stewart Firth -- Economic development and dependency -- / Bruce Knapman -- Social change / Penelope Schoeffel -- Political institutions / Peter Larmour -- Representations of cultural identities / Vilsoni Hereniko -- The passage out / Brij Lal. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1863735410 9781863735414 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Oceania--History.