TY - BOOK AU - Howe,K.R. AU - Kiste,Robert C. AU - Lal,Brij V. TI - Tides of history: the Pacific Islands in the twentieth century SN - 1863735410 PY - 1994/// CY - St. Leonards, N.S.W. PB - Allen and Unwin KW - Oceania KW - History N1 - Map of the Pacific Islands on endpapers; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -