The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia

Hefty and handsome, this pioneering reference work meets an immense, long‐felt need. Its Australian National University editors (Fiji‐born Brij V. Lal and New Zealander Kate Fortune), the Asia Pacific Press of China (designers of the volume), and publisher UHP merit the gratitude of today’s Pacific scholars ‐ and of those in generations yet to come ‐ for a truly remarkable and seminal achievement. Its importance is underlined by the fact that AusAID, Australia’s principal international aid agency, gave the project generous financial assistance, and that the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade chose the encyclopedia as Australia’s gift to...