The Pacific islands :  environment & society / 
edited by Moshe Rapaport. 
 - Honolulu, Hawaiʻi :  Bess Press,  ©1999. 
 - vi, 442 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;  28 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1573060429 9781573060424 1573060836 9781573060837 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00274548  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human geography--Islands of the Pacific.<br/>Human ecology--Islands of the Pacific.<br/>Environmental protection--Islands of the Pacific.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islands of the Pacific--Geography.<br/>Islands of the Pacific--Social life and customs.<br/>Islands of the Pacific--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>990