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Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People

Autor Professor David Armitage, Alison Bashford
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 dec 2013
The first comprehensive account to place the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean into the perspective of world history. A distinguished international team of historians provides a multidimensional account of the Pacific, its inhabitants and the lands within and around it over 50,000 years, with special attention to the peoples of Oceania. It providing chronological coverage along with analyses of themes such as the environment, migration and the economy; religion, law and science; race, gender and politics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137001634
ISBN-10: 1137001631
Pagini: 386
Ilustrații: 2 maps, 17 b/w illustrations, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:2014
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Pacific history is a fast-growing area of teaching and research, and this is the first book to bring together cutting-edge perspectives for a wider student market

Notă biografică

David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History and Foundations of Modern International Thought, and co-editor of The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, 2nd edition, and The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840. Alison Bashford is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has taught Pacific and Australian history at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Harvard University, USA. She is the author of, most recently, Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on Earth, and co-editor of The Cambridge History of Australia.

Cuprins

1. Introduction; David Armitage and Alison Bashford PART I: PERIODISING THE PACIFIC 2. The Pacific in Indigenous Time; Damon Salesa 3. The Pacific Before Empire, c. 1500-1800; Joyce E. Chaplin 4. The Age of Empire in the Pacific; Nicholas Thomas 5. A Pacific Century?; Akira Iriye PART II: CONNECTIONS 6. The Environment; Ryan T. Jones 7. Movement; Adam McKeown 8. The Economy since 1800; Kaoru Sigihara PART III: KNOWLEDGES 9. Religion; Bronwen Douglas 10. Law; Lisa Ford 11. Science; Sujit Sivasundaram PART IV: IDENTITIES 12. Race; James Belich 13. Gender; Patricia O'Brien 14. Politics; Robert Aldrich Afterword: Pacific Crosscurrents; Matt K. Matsuda Notes Further Reading Index.