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Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire
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| #493074 in Books | 2012-02-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.37 x.99 x5.58l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 352 pages||10 of 18 people found the following review helpful.| Islanders|By David Allen|Rather heavy going, but very informative, I had bought the book looking for a history of European expansion into the Pacific Ocean area and the manner in which the various colonial powers developed or exploited their areas of interest. This book certainly gives a good idea of the manner in which the Europeans and Americans vied for power in this area||
"Thomas’ description of the journey into the imperial world of the Pacific is made inclusive and companionable with lovely asides… [a] comprehensive but gripping book"—Katrina Schlunke, Times Higher Education Supplement
This compelling book explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. Unlike conventional accounts that emphasize confrontation and the destruction of indigenous cultures, Islanders reveals there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation.
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