Thomas, Nicholas
Islanders
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300180565
- author:
- Thomas, Nicholas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 356
- Dimensions:
- 23.88 x 14.22 x 2.54 centimetres
- Genre:
- History, Modern, 19th Century,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Islanders: A rich and surprising history of encounters in the Pacific. This compelling book explores the lived experience of empire in the Oceanic world, revealing both gain and loss, survival and suffering. Through imaginative research and vivid storytelling, Nicholas Thomas rediscovers a fascinating re-creation of an Oceanic world, bringing together new perspectives on cultural contact everywhere. The story of the making of empire is told through the lives of men and women - some visionary, some vicious, and some just eccentric - who shaped the Pacific in the age of European exploration. With sensuous evocation of seascapes and landscapes, Thomas offers a fresh understanding of this pivotal region. A new paradigm for histories of the Pacific, Islanders sheds light on the complex and multifaceted nature of cultural contact, challenging conventional accounts and revealing a more nuanced picture of empire's impact on the Oceanic world.
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