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Where the Waves Fall - A New South Sea Islands History from First Settlement to Colonial Rule (Hardcover)
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Where the Waves Fall - A New South Sea Islands History from First Settlement to Colonial Rule (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
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Where the Waves Fall (1984) centres the stories of the Pacific
Islanders and how they were affected by European explorers and
colonisers in this unique account of human settlement and cultural
interchange in the Pacific islands. It follows the fortunes of the
seafarers who discovered island after island in the world’s
largest ocean, traces the development of their civilisations and
examines in depth the interaction between them and the newcomers
– European explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries,
merchants – who from the sixteenth century came in an increasing
series of waves. The book’s framework enables the author to throw
new light on hitherto isolated events. Novel suggestions are
advanced as to why some islands became ‘kingdoms’ in the
earlier years of European contact and why others did not, and of
how and why missionaries were accepted on some islands but not on
others. Nor does Professor Howe shrink from provocative and at
times controversial arguments concerning the ambitions and
strategies of island leaders and indeed the overall nature and
extent of the initiatives taken by the islanders.
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