Strangers in Their Own Land: A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands

by Francis X. Hezel

Book Overview

"Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of [a] succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region. This is a 'conventional' history, and a very good one, focused mostly on political and economic developments. Hezel demonstrates a fine understanding of the complicated relations between administrators, missionaries, traders, chiefs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824828046
• ISBN13: 9780824828042
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"