Pacific Island Studies A Survey of the Literature

'œThis volume contains five separate bibliographic essays on the social scientific literature of Polynesia, Hawaii, Micronesia, Melanesia, and aboriginal Australia. The essays aim to provide 'a concise synthesis of the significant literature,' rather than comprehensive coverage ... Robert Kise's essay on Micronesia, and the collaborative essay by Michael Hamnett, an anthropologist, and Terence Wesley-Smith, a political scientist, on Melanesia, are excellent introductions to the historical and ethnographic literature of these areas. All the essays are retrospective, but cover mainly 20th-century English sources, including journal articles and government documents as well as books. The separate essays and bibliographies are followed by a single author/subject index. As a tool that pulls together sources from a variety of disciplines and places them in coherent contexts, this volume will be especially useful for undergraduates.'' ChoiceJackson, Miles M. is the author of 'Pacific Island Studies A Survey of the Literature' with ISBN 9780313235283 and ISBN 0313235287.