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A history of the Pacific Islands /
This study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - the narrative...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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England:
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Palgrave essential histories
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=LhQdBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |
| Summary: | This study of the Pacific Islands provides a dynamic and provocative account of the peopling of the Pacific, and its broad impact on world history. Spanning nearly 50,000 years of human presence in an area which comprises one-third of our planet - Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia - the narrative follows the development of the region, from New Guinea's earliest settlement to the creation of the modern Pacific states. -Publlishers Description |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 331 p. : maps ; |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230362697 (pbk.) |