The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean Ser.: Cambridge History of the ...

Cambridge University Press

The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean 2 Volume Hardback SetAuthor(s): Paul D'Arcy, Ryan Tucker Jones, Matt K. Matsuda, Anne Perez Hattori, Jane Samson\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108539227, 978-1108539227\nSynopsis\nThese volumes present a comprehensive survey of the history of the Pacific Ocean, an area making up around one third of the Earth's surface, from initial human colonization to the present day. Reflecting a wide range of cultural and disciplinary perspectives, this two-volume work details different ways of telling and viewing history in a Pacific world of exceptionally diverse cultural traditions, over time spans that require multidisciplinary and multicultural collaborative perspectives. The central importance of nations touched by the Pacific in contemporary world affairs cannot be understood without recourse to the deep history of interactions on and across the Pacific. In reflecting the .