European Impact and Pacific Influence
Author | : Hermann J. Hiery |
Publisher | : I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1997-12-31 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015040544630 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book European Impact and Pacific Influence written by Hermann J. Hiery and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British and German ambitions have clashed in the Pacific at many times in the last two centuries. This is a study of those episodes, and their effects on the European powers and the Pacific Islanders involved. It throws light on the activities of missionaries in Micronesia, head-hunters in New Guinea, Law-makers in Tonga and the influence of the British and Germans in the region. The book considers: European perceptions of Pacific islanders and vice versa; the ecological effect of European intervention, both on the environment and its inhabitants; the efforts to impose a European rule of law in the South Pacific; the area of sexuality as a specific form of Pacific-European interaction where cultural differences between European and traditional behaviour was at its most marked.