The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders

The publisher asserts that this attractive volume is “…a history that is as lively and provocative as it is rigorous and comprehensive. While it acknowledges the great diversity of Pacific peoples’ cultures and experiences, the book looks for common patterns and related themes, presenting them in an insightful and innovative way.” Twenty respected scholars have combined to produce this wide‐ranging, interdisciplinary study, extending from the Pleistocene era (“the Ice Age”) onward to our own time. Its geographic limits are elastic. Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia are the primary focus, but Aboriginal Australians in northern and eastern Australia, Maoris in New Zealand...