Native Cultures of the Pacific Islands

by Douglas L. Oliver

Book Overview

Even before Western contact, the Pacific Islanders inhabited nearly every island north and east of Australia - a thousand distinctive peoples. This overview of the cultures of the Pacific Islands treats their physical setting, prehistory, activities, and social relations before European influences subjected them to radical changes. It is intended mainly for college-level students in courses dealing with the region, but Native Cultures of the Pacific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824811828
• ISBN13: 9780824811822
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"