The Pacific Islands"By far the best compendium on Pacific studies available today. There have been several attempts to imitate it during the past decade but they are either boiled-down histories or else reference works without any cohesive structure." --H.E. Maude, Australian National University |
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active administration American Angaur annexation archipelago areas atolls Australia became began Bougainville Britain British Caledonia cane canoes Carolines Catholic century Chamorro changes chiefs Christian clans coconut colonial commercial communities continued Cook Islands copra cultural developed eastern economic Ellice Ellice islanders enterprises established exported Fiji Fijians fishing foreign France French French Polynesia German Gilbert Guam Guamanians guano Guinea Hawaii Hawaiian Hebrides Honolulu hundred important indigenous industry influence Island societies Japan Japanese labor land later lives mainland mainly Maori Marianas Meanwhile Melanesia Micronesia military mining mission missionaries native Nauru naval nearly nese numbers officials Pacific Islands Palau Papua pearl shell phosphate pineapple plant plantations political Polynesian Ponape population production recruiting remained residents Saipan Samoa sandalwood ships Siuai social Solomonese Solomons South Pacific South Seas Spanish sugar Tahiti territory thousand tion Tonga trade United University Press usually village voyages Western contact whalers Zealand