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The grim history of Nauru Island, a small speck in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia, represents a larger story of environmental degradation and economic dysfunction. For more than 2,000 years traditional Nauruans, isolated from the rest of the world, lived in social and ecologi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The grim history of Nauru Island, a small speck in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia, represents a larger story of environmental degradation and economic dysfunction. For more than 2,000 years traditional Nauruans, isolated from the rest of the world, lived in social and ecological stability. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520924451 0520924452 0585274347 9780585274348 1282355031 9781282355033 9786612355035 6612355034 |