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Title The Pacific islands : environment and society / [edited by] Moshe Rapaport
Edition Revised edition
Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Climate -- Oceanography -- Geology -- Geomorphology -- Soils -- Water -- Biogeography -- Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Aquatic Ecosystems -- The Precontact Period -- The Postcontact Period -- Changing Patterns of Power -- Language -- Social Relations -- Gender -- Tenure -- Law -- Religion -- Literature -- Art -- Music and Dance Performance -- Demography -- Mobility to Migration -- Health -- Education -- Urban Challenges -- Pacific Island Economies -- Agriculture -- Logging -- Ocean Resources -- Mining -- Tourism -- Communications -- Development Prospects -- Atlas -- Island Gazetteer
Summary The Pacific is the last major world region to be discovered by humans. Although small in total land area, its numerous islands and archipelagoes with their startlingly diverse habitats and biotas, extend across a third of the globe. This revised edition of a popular text explores the diverse landforms, climates, and ecosystems of the Pacific island region. Multiple chapters, written by leading specialists, cover the environment, history, culture, population, and economy. The work includes new or completely revised chapters on gender, music, logging, development, education, urbanization, health, ocean resources, and tourism. Throughout two key issues are addressed: the exceptional environmental challenges and the demographic/economic/political challenges facing the region. Although modern technology and media and waves of continental tourists are fast eroding island cultures, the continuing resilience of Pacific island populations is apparent. This is a contemporary text on the Pacific Islands that covers both environment and sociocultural issues and will thus be indispensable for serious students of the region. Unlike other reviews, this book treats the entirety of Oceania (with the exception of Australia) and is illustrated with numerous photos and maps, including a regional atlas
Notes Originally published in 1999 by Bess Press
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Environmental protection -- Islands of the Pacific
Human ecology -- Islands of the Pacific
Human geography -- Islands of the Pacific
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Environmental protection
Geography
Human ecology
Human geography
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific -- History
Islands of the Pacific -- Social life and customs
Islands of the Pacific -- Geography
Subject Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Rapaport, Moshe
ISBN 9780824865849
0824865847
0824835867
9780824835866