The Ngatik Massacre: History and Identity on a Micronesian Atoll

by Lin Poyer and POYER LIN

Book Overview

This book is both an ethnohistory -- using written and oraccounts to uncover the circumstances surrounding the 1837 massacre of Ngatik's aboriginal population and its aftermath -- and a reevaluation of the concept of ethnicity, examining the cultural and sociopolitical factors shaping community identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560982624
• ISBN13: 9781560982623
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.