Paradise past : the transformation of the South Pacific, 1520-1920
"In the 400 years from Magellan's entrance into Pacific waters to 1920, the lives of the people of the South Pacific were transformed. Pacific people died from exotic diseases from Europe and America. The coming of westerners, as this book points out, was not entirely negative, as head-hunting, cannibalism, chronic warfare, human sacrifice, and other practices were diminished"--Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2012
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2012
History
vii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780786469789, 0786469781
791643077
What Magellan Never Found, 1520-1521
Spaniards Explore Their Lake, 1568-1793
The Dutch Century, 1616-1722
Disturbing the Tahitian Arcadia, 1767-1842
In the Bounty's Wake, 1789-1864
A White Tribe at Botany Bay, 1788-1911
The Death of the Last Tasmanian, 1642-1876
Maori Encounters, 1769-1840
The Sandwich Islands Transformed, 1778-1874
Missionaries Triumphant : Rarotonga and Mangareva, 1818-1887
Cannibals and Crucifxes : The Marquesas, 1774-1914
Vanished : Easter Island's Incredible Culture, 1722-1914
Bayonets and Baguettes : French Polynesia, 1842-1914
French Melanesia Subdued, 1774-1914
Rocking the Cradle : Tonga and Samoa, 1773-1914
Fiji : King Cakobau's Dilemma, 1803-1914
Maoris Marginalized, 1840-1914
Holding Out : New Hebrides, the Solomons and New Guinea, 1767-1914
Hawaii Subdued, 1874-1914
The Imperial Impulse, 1883-1918
An Ongoing Transformation, 1918-20
Appendix: Timeline of Signifcant Events