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Pac.DU28.D24 2006
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TITLE:
The people of the sea : environment, identity and history in Oceania / Paul D'Arcy.
AUTHOR:
D'Arcy, Paul.
PUBLISHED:
Honolulu : University of HawaiÊi Press, c2006.
DESCRIPTION:
xvii, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
NOTES:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-282) and index.
NOTES:
The oceanic environment -- Local worlds : the sea in everyday life -- Communication and relative isolation in the sea of islands -- Seafaring in Oceania -- Fluid frontiers : the sea as a contested space -- Across the horizon : interactions with the outside world -- Connected by the sea : towards a regional history of the Western Caroline Islands.
ELEC. ACCESS:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005029353.html
SUBJECT:
Oceania--Social life and customs.
SUBJECT:
Pacific Islanders--Social life and customs.
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National characteristics.
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Seafaring life--Oceania.
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Navigation--Oceania--History.
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Maritime anthropology--Oceania.
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Oceania--Environmental conditions.
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Oceania--History.
SUBJECT:
Ocean and civilization.
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