A History of the Pacific Islands

by I.C. Campbell

History of the Pacific Islands marks the first time in forty years that a balanced and succinct introduction to the peoples of the Pacific islands has been made avaliable to students, travellers, and scholars. Dr. Ian Campbell's informed and balanced perspective illuminates the development of the rich and fascinating variety of cultures of the Pacific islanders and their experience with intensive European contact during the last two hundred years. A History of the Pacific Islandsis a bright, lively survey of the kind not attempted since Douglas Oliver's celebrated The Pacific Islands was first published in 1951.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Sheryl Boxall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read. Its tone was objective which made it extremely useful for my research.