| Description |
xxxvi, 664 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
The sea -- The land -- Plants, birds and animals -- Climate and nature -- Settlement -- Language -- Voyaging -- Demography -- Living in cities -- Diaspora -- Histories in the Pacific -- Indigenous chiefly systems, titles and trade -- European visitors : first contacts -- Religion and Christianity -- Trade and labour -- Land tenure and alienation -- Colonial rule -- World War II -- Post-war Pacific -- Leadership -- Parties, politics and protest movements -- Political and legal systems -- The region and the world -- Agriculture -- Labour -- Fisheries, forestry and mining -- Transport -- Financial and economic development -- Gender and family relationships -- Education -- Social order -- Health -- Sports and games -- Communications -- Culture and identity -- Dress and decorative art -- Performance -- Literature -- Pacific arts -- Island profiles |
| Summary |
Physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society and culture |
| Related To |
Pacific Islands : an encyclopedia |
| Notes |
"The electronic version is intended to complement rather than a substitute for the printed text.." -- p.xvi |
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Computer disc in separate case |
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With 1 CD-Rom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Has CD-ROM version which is intended to complement rather than be a substitute for the printed text, allowing the search and navigation potential of electronic media for the print version |
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System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Windows ; Macintosh |
| SUBJECT |
Fiji. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80049723
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Polynesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104688 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Encyclopedias.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001614
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New Guinea. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290
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Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Encyclopedias.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001614
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Islands of the Pacific. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616
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Oceania. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910
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Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- Encyclopedias.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001614
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Reference works.
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Encyclopedias.
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Reference works.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Author |
Lal, Brij V.
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Fortune, Kate.
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| LC no. |
99034571 |
| ISBN |
082482265X alkaline paper |
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