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TITLE: |
Population problems of the Pacific / by Stephen H. Roberts. |
AUTHOR: |
Roberts, Stephen Henry, 1901- |
PUBLISHED: |
London : G.Routledge & Sons, 1927. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xx, 411 p. : fold. front., maps (l double diagrs. ; 24 cm. |
NOTES: |
Biblio.: p. 391-401. |
NOTES: |
CONTENTS: I. The passing of the native : Melanesians. II. The pre-European system and its collapse: Polynesia, Melanesia, religion (Tapu and mana), cannibalism; explorers of Spain and Holland; beachcombers and deserters; missionaries; the Firma Godeffroy, the New Guinea Company, the Jaluit Company. III. The causes of depopulation; the tragedy of the Marquesas. The killing of the Maoris. The paradox of Tahiti. Melanesia. New Guinea. Micronesia. Increase in Micronesia. VI. The remedies of depopulation: psychological. VII. The remedies of depopulation: governmental. Laisser faire and the native kingdoms: Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji. Indirect rule: Japan in Micronesia. VIII. The remedies of depopulation: educational. IX. The remedies of depopulation: economic. Land tenure, etc. X. The remedies of depopulation: social and medical. XI. The economic background. Final part includes race mixture, etc. |
SUBJECT: |
Ethnology--Islands of the Pacific. |
SUBJECT: |
Islands of the Pacific--Population. |
SUBJECT: |
Oceania--Population. |
SUBJECT: |
Oceania--Social conditions. |
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