The Pacific Islands: Paths To The Present

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Region and Its Peoples -- Part One Exploration, Contact, and Control -- 2 Explorers, Traders, and Missionaries -- 3 The Tides of Empire -- Part Two Toward Independence and Elsewhere -- 4 The Catalyst of War -- 5 Patterns of Political Evolution -- Part Three The Practice of Politics -- 6 Running the State -- 7 Challenges to Constitutional Order -- Part Four Coping with the Outside World -- 8 Constraints, Assets, and Initiatives -- 9 International Issues of Island Concern -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Vital Statistics -- Appendix 2: Social Indicators of the Independent Island States -- About the Book and Author -- Index