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100	1		_aCrocombe, R. G.
245	1	4	_aThe South Pacific / _cRon Crocombe.
260			_aSuva, Fiji : _bUniversity of the South Pacific, _c2001.
300			_a790 pages : _billustrations, maps, portraits ; _c27 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aOn cover: Environment, history, society, culture, health, language, religion, education, information, economy, land & water, politics, governance, corruption, security, the Pacific way, regional and international relations, futures.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [714]-754) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Preface 7 -- Acknowledgements8 -- Chronology of main periods9 -- Abreviations13 -- Spelling and naming15 -- Where is the South Pacific? A note on geography, -- terms and meanings . 16 -- PARAMETERS -- 1. Place: Environmental deterioration and enhancement22 -- 2. People: Moving and mixing44 -- 3. Health: More lives and longer, but problematic fitness75 -- PATTERNS -- 4. Language: How many of today's 1,200 will survive?101 -- 5. Society: Networks of commitment getting wider but shallower116 -- 6. Culture: An evolving synthesis of unity in diversity146 -- PERCEPTIONS -- 7. Creativity: Reconciling the soul with the wallet183 -- 8. Belief: More choice and less certainty in religions, philosophies, -- values and ethics205 -- 9. Education: Guidelines from where and for what?237 -- 10. Information: Moulding and creating perceptions, -- power and wealth269 -- PROPERTY -- 11. Tenures: Constraints and opportunities relating to land -- and water295 -- 12. Production: From village subsistence to global markets322 -- 13. Commerce: Selling services and sovereignty344 -- 14. Restructuring: Shrinking governments in stagnant economies382 -- POWER -- 15. Government: Traditional and colonial politics412 -- 16. Independence: Leadership from within 438 -- 17 Identity: Seeking a Pacific Way?459 -- 18. Birth-right: The politics of accident of birth-first-born sons, -- first-arrived races and the rising status of women483 -- 19. Corruption: Stemming the rot512 -- 20. Governance: The nature and quality of national cohesion542 -- 21. Coercion: More military, police and other security forces564 -- 22. Regionalism: Cooperation, competition, conflict, and -- assimilation into bigger regions 591 -- 23. Globalism: Being small in a big world627 -- PROSPECTS -- 24. Futures: Widening choices in the 21st century657 -- APPENDICES -- 1. Basic facts about Pacific Islands nations and territories684 -- 2. Pacific Islands regional organizations and services: -- A selection of names, functions, addresses and Internet sites 710 -- 3. Journals from the Pacific Islands712 -- 4. Films relevant to Pacific studies713 -- Bibliography 714 -- Index755.
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856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2002327725.html
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