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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia :
University of Queensland Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Pacific studies series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.