Texts and Contexts: Reflections in Pacific Islands Historiography - Hardcover

 
9780824829421: Texts and Contexts: Reflections in Pacific Islands Historiography
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0824829425 ISBN 13: 9780824829421
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005

Synopsis

Texts and Contexts is concerned with the development of Pacific Islands history as a specialization in its own right. Specifically, this volume examines the foundational texts that pioneered and consolidated the new subdiscipline and served as the building blocks and stepping-stone for further developments in the field. Thirty-five texts, all of which represent defining points in the development of Pacific Islands historiography, are examined. Much more than retrospective appraisals of the foundational texts, the individual chapters consider a text or complimentary texts within the context of the time of writing and gauge what ongoing influence they exerted. In some cases they suggest how a particular text has been superseded by subsequent work that breaks new conceptual ground in the ongoing process of revisionism.

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About the Author

Doug Munro is a Wellington-based consultant historian and author. Brij V. Lal is professor of Pacific and Asian history in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.

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Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0824829425
ISBN 13 
9780824829421
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264
Editor
Munro Doug, Lal Brij V.