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The first comprehensive account to place the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean into the perspective of world history. A distinguished international team of historians provides a multidimensional account...
The first comprehensive account to place the Pacific Islands, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean into the perspective of world history. A distinguished international team of historians provides a multidimensional account of the Pacific, its inhabitants and the lands within and around it over 50,000 years, with special attention to the peoples of Oceania. It providing chronological coverage along with analyses of themes such as the environment, migration and the economy; religion, law and science; race, gender and politics.
Pacific history is a fastgrowing area of teaching and research, and this is the first book to bring together cuttingedge perspectives for a wider student market
With a truly stellar and international lineup of leading scholars in the field, this is set to become the classic text on Pacific history
Has a wider market across world and global history, along with other key subjects such as history of empire, environment, oceans, science and migration
1. Introduction; David Armitage and Alison Bashford PART I: PERIODISING THE PACIFIC 2. The Pacific in Indigenous Time; Damon Salesa 3. The Pacific Before Empire, c. 1500-1800; Joyce E. Chaplin 4. The Age of Empire in the Pacific; Nicholas Thomas 5. A Pacific Century?; Akira Iriye PART II: CONNECTIONS 6. The Environment; Ryan T. Jones 7. Movement; Adam McKeown 8. The Economy since 1800; Kaoru Sigihara PART III: KNOWLEDGES 9. Religion; Bronwen Douglas 10. Law; Lisa Ford 11. Science; Sujit Sivasundaram PART IV: IDENTITIES 12. Race; James Belich 13. Gender; Patricia O'Brien 14. Politics; Robert Aldrich Afterword: Pacific Crosscurrents; Matt K. Matsuda Notes Further Reading Index.
David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History and Foundations of Modern International Thought, and co-editor of The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, 2nd edition, and The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840.
Alison Bashford is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has taught Pacific and Australian history at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Harvard University, USA. She is the author of, most recently, Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on Earth, and co-editor of The Cambridge History of...
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David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University, USA. He is the author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History and Foundations of Modern International Thought, and co-editor of The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, 2nd edition, and The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840.
Alison Bashford is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has taught Pacific and Australian history at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Harvard University, USA. She is the author of, most recently, Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on Earth, and co-editor of The Cambridge History of Australia.
