![]() The book identifies and draws together the defining threads and extraordinary personal narratives which have contributed to this history, showing how localised contacts and contests have often blossomed into global struggles over colonialism, tourism and the rise of Asian economies. From ancient canoe navigators, monumental civilisations, pirates and seaborne empires, to the rise of nuclear testing and global warming, Matt Matsuda ranges across the frontiers of colonial history, anthropology and Pacific Rim economics and politics, piecing together a history of the region. ![]() This essential single-volume history of the Pacific traces the global interactions and remarkable peoples that have connected these regions with each other and with Europe and the Indian Ocean, for millennia. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Matsuda in this web service Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press978-3-2 - Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and CulturesMatt K. (ISBN: 9780521715669) from Amazon's Book Store. Pacific Worlds History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures Matt K. ![]() "Asia, the Pacific Islands and the coasts of the Americas have long been studied separately. Buy Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures First Edition by Matsuda, Matt K. ![]()
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