| 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
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| SUBJECT: |
Oceania--Social life and customs. |
| SUBJECT: |
Pacific Islanders--Social life and customs. |
| SUBJECT: |
National characteristics. |
| SUBJECT: |
Seafaring life--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Navigation--Oceania--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
Maritime anthropology--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Oceania--Environmental conditions. |
| SUBJECT: |
Oceania--History. |
| SUBJECT: |
Ocean and civilization. |
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