The Pacific Islands : : Environment and Society, Revised Edition / / Moshe Rapaport.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Rapaport, Moshe,
• MitwirkendeR: Abbott, David,; Ahlburg, Dennis,; Banks, Glenn,; Barker, John,; Bertram, Geoff,; Challenges, Urban,; Chappell, David A.,; Connell, John,; Crocombe, Ron,; Cupples, Julie,; Depledge, Derrick,; Filer, Colin,; Fryer, Gerard J.,; Fryer, Patricia,; Holland, Brenden S.,; John, Morrison,; Kay, E. Alison,; Kennedy, David M.,; Lindstrom, Lamont,; Lumpkin, Rick,; Manner, Harley I.,; Marsh, Selina Tusitala,; McDowell, Nancy,; McGowan, Hamish A.,; Milne, Simon,; Mueller-Dombois, Dieter,; Nelson, Stephen G.,; Nunn, Patrick D.,; Ogden, Michael R.,; Pawley, Andrew,; Rallu, Jean Louis,; Ram-Bidesi, Vina,; Rapaport, Moshe,; Robertson, Annette Sachs,; Scaglion, Richard,; Storey, Donovan,; Sturman, Andrew P.,; Talley, Lynne D.,; Terry, James P.,; Thaman, Randolph R.,; Thomas, Frank R.,; Vercoe, Caroline,; Wesley-Smith, Terence,; Wolffram, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 p.) :; 262 illus.

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 landfor...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Tables
• Preface
• The Physical Environment
• 1.Climate
• 2.Oceanography
• 3.Geology
• 4.Geomorphology
• 5.Soils
• 6.Water
• The Living Environment
• 7.Biogeography
• 8.Terrestrial Ecosystems
• 9.Aquatic Ecosystems
• History
• 10.The Precontact Period
• 11. The Postcontact Period
• 12. Changing Patterns of Power
• Culture
• 13.Language
• 14.Social Relations
• 15. Gender
• 16. Tenure
• 17. Law
• 18. Religion
• 19. Literature
• 20. Art
• 21. Music and Dance Performance
• Population
• 22.Demography
• 23. Mobility to Migration
• 24.Health
• 25.Education
• 26. Urban Challenges
• Economy
• 27. Pacific Island Economies
• 28.Agriculture
• 29. Logging
• 30. Ocean Resources
• 31.Mining
• 32. Tourism
• 33. Communications
• 34. Development Prospects
• Atlas
• Island Gazetteer
• Contributors
• index