Worlds Apart

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Ian Campbell

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The Pacific Islands remain for most people a region of obscurity or puzzlement. The attention of news media is attracted by atypical events such as political violence that contradict the peaceful tourist image of sun, sea and smiling faces. Journalists, travellers, business people and the general public have few paths to access specialised knowledge about the complex and changing 'neighbourhood' to New Zealand's north and Australia's northeast. Ian Campbell's History of the Pacific Islands, first published in 1989, served this purpose for many years, and its successor, Worlds Apart, has proven to be equally serviceable, bringing into focus the past and present of this diverse and endlessly misunderstood region. This concise and readable narrative has now been revised to bring the story of the island world - from its first settlement by raft and canoe voyagers, through the period of western contact and acculturation - up to 2010. As with its earlier versions, this book has been written not for fellow academics, but for the many people who want to know 'what happened'.

Author Biography:

Ian C. Campbell is a former history professor at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji as well as a former visiting professor at Kagoshima University in Japan. He is the author of ""Gone Native"" in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific and Island Kingdom: Tonga Ancient and Modern.

Release date NZ

February 1st, 2011

Author

Ian Campbell

Collection

New Zealand

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Pages

392

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9781927145029

Product ID

10200935

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