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Grass huts and warehouses : Pacific beach communities of the nineteenth century /

A pioneering study of early trade and beach communities in the Pacific Islands and first published in 1977, this book provides historians with an ambitious survey of early European-Polynesian contact, an analysis of how early trade developed along with the beachcomber community, and a detailed recon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ralston, Caroline
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, 2014.
Colección:Pacific studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Preface; Abbreviations; Contents; 1: Contact and Early Trade; 2: The Beachcombers; 3: The First Pacific Beach Communities; 4: Early Beach Community Development; 5: Consuls, Missionaries and Company Traders; 6: The Pattern of Daily Life; 7: The Later Years; 8: Race Relations in the Beach Communities; 9: Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Copyright.