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	Hawaii and the Pacific Islands
		Finally, the Hawaiian Islands have been studied more intensively and received more conservation management attention than most other Pacific islands (except New Zealand), primarily because Hawaii is a U.S. state and because the Hawaiian Islands have a set of unique animals and plants that are renowned for their evolution in geographic isolation.
		Pacific island cloud forests must be considered a high conservation priority because of their importance as traditional sources of food, building materials, medicines, and various other material products for indigenous peoples, as well as for their highly endemic biological diversity (Raynor 1993; Hamilton et al.
		Pacific island ecosystems, because of their very small land size, are highly vulnerable to numerous human activities such as road construction, tourism development, military use, mining, hydropower development, forest fires, and pollution.
	biology.usgs.gov /s%2Bt/SNT/noframe/pi179.htm (13443 words)

	A History of the Pacific Islands
		"Dr. Campbell's awareness of the importance of the active roles which Pacific islanders played in the shaping of the histories of their own countries is evident throughout: he has examined, whenever he could, historical events and processes from the point of view and interests of the islanders concerned.
		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.
		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.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/2508.html (230 words)

	History of THE PACIFIC ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Pacific islanders develop a twin-hulled sailing canoe which is an extremely effective sea-going vessel.
		Among the better known, Easter Island is reached by the Dutch in 1722, Tahiti by the English in 1767, the New Hebrides by the French in 1768, and New Caledonia and Hawaii by the English (in the person of Captain Cook) in 1774 and 1778.
		The discovery of the islands by Europeans coincides with and contributes to a romantic theme developing in European literary fashion in the second half of the 18th century.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac05 (1232 words)

	05.08.00 - Major new work on the Pacific Islands by UC Berkeley archaeologist buries the enduring myth of humans in ...
		Berkeley -- A new history of the Pacific islands before their discovery by European voyagers buries forever the myth that Tahitians and other peoples of Oceania were children of nature living in the Garden of Eden.
		In the first major synthesis of Pacific prehistory in 20 years, an anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that, before Magellan ever set sail in the Pacific, human settlement and, in some cases, overpopulation on many Pacific islands disrupted the ecological chain, sending some island societies into collapse.
		Kirch's recent research on islands from New Guinea to Hawaii establishes that settlement of the Pacific was one of the fastest human expansions of all time.
	www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2000/05/08_pacific.html (967 words)

	On the Road of the Winds (Patrick Vinton Kirch)
		On the Road of the Winds is a history of the Pacific islands that combines a "big picture" overview (invoking Braudel and the longue durée) with a feel for the "dirt" of actual excavations.
		Pacific archaeology has an intriguing history of its own, from voyages of exploration and missionaries to modern academic research and cultural resource management.
		One of the central events of Pacific history (and one of the great human migrations) is the spread of Austronesian speaking peoples from Taiwan.
	dannyreviews.com /h/Road_Winds.html (974 words)

	Journeys through Pacific history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Pacific Collection of the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide is a collection of national significance for research on the islands of Melanesia, Polynesia and, in particular, Micronesia.
		The particular strength is material relating to the central Pacific islands where he had spent most of his administrative career, in which the collection is unrivalled, but there are publications on probably every inhabited island of the Pacific from Hawaii to New Guinea, and on all aspects of traditional culture, culture contact and post-colonial society.
		The main body of literature on the Pacific in the nineteenth century was in fact that created by and relating to the missions, who followed close on the "discovery" of the islands by the British and French expeditions of the late eighteenth century.
	www.library.adelaide.edu.au /ual/publ/Journeys_Pacific.html (4775 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pacific islanders have always promulgated their own indigenous forms of history, encoded in oral traditions passed from generation to generation.
		The pacific islands and people who inhabit them have long been viewed as seperate, isolated and somehow different from the rest of the world's civilizations.
		On another island, while enjoying a beach picnic with his host family, spearing octopus and gathering mollusks, the author took a walk along the beach and discovered, a short distance from where they were camped, a distinct rock layer filled with pottery fragments.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520223470?v=glance (1197 words)

	Growth of trading communities (from Pacific Islands, history of) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Beachcombers and castaways preceded missionaries in many of the islands, but the growth of trading communities was in part the result of the missionaries' work in restraining native violence.
		It is the oldest regional organization in the Pacific and is headquartered in Nouméa, New Caledonia.
		The territory consisted of more than 2,000 islands scattered over about 3,000,000 square miles (7,770,000 square km) of the tropical western Pacific Ocean, north of the Equator between latitudes 1° and 22° N and longitudes 130° and 172° E. Most of the islands are...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-53867?tocId=53867 (860 words)

	Fiji Islands - History, South Pacific Internet Travel Specialists, (pacificnavigator.com) Fiji Islands, Tonga, Cook ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman was the first European to discover the Fiji Islands in 1643 when he passed through Vanua Levu and the North Taveuni group.
		The history of the Rabi Islands incorporates the history of Banaban community.
		The island was very rich in phosphate and due to the destruction of the island caused by the mining of the land.
	www.pacificnavigator.com /fiji/aboutfiji/history.html (1122 words)

	AllRefer.com - Fiji : History (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The first Europeans to visit Fiji were the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1643 and British Capt. James Cook in 1774.
		In the early 1800s the first European settlement was established at Levuka, which became an important whaling port in the mid-1800s.
		A Fijian national government, with a tribal chief as king, was established in Levuka in 1871, but in 1874, at the request of Fiji's tribal chiefs, Great Britain annexed the islands.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fiji-history.html (507 words)

	Courses \| History Programme \| Victoria University of Wellington
		This course provides an introduction to the history of the peoples of the Pacific Islands from their initial settlement of the region to the present day.
		Throughout the course a Pacific Island perspective is emphasized.
		Scarr, Deryck, The History of the Pacific Islands: kingdoms of the reefs, Melbourne: Macmillan, 1990.
	www.vuw.ac.nz /history/courses/HIST-219.aspx (466 words)

	Pacific Islands, history of -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The campus is by the Pacific Ocean, with a clear view of the Channel Islands, and the university is highly regarded in the field of marine biology.
		The Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Tsimshian of the Nass and Skeena rivers were tribes with an advanced social organization.
		Farther south were the Bella Coola, the Kwakiutl, the Nootka on Vancouver Island, and the coast and interior...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9117351 (886 words)

	Pacific Islands Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As there was no written language to record the history of the Pacific Islands, it was our beautiful island music that provided one essential record of our heritage and this was passed from generation to generation.
		Pacific Islands Radio is dedicated to promoting our beautiful island music and our talented artists to the world 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
		Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to be able to say that a collection of some of the most exciting and absorbing gospel music from the Pacific Islands is now being featured on Pacific Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo), Pacific Islands Radio 33K (24 kbps) as well as Pacific Islands Radio 28K (16 kbps).
	www.pacificislandsradio.com (854 words)

	On the Road of the Winds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, the home to numerous human societies and cultures.
		On the Road of the Winds synthesizes the grand sweep of human history in the Pacific Islands, beginning with the movement of early people out from Asia more than 40,000 years ago, and tracing the development of myriad indigenous cultures up to the time of European contact in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
		In particular, Kirch focuses on human ecology and island adaptations, the complexities of island trading and exchange systems, voyaging technology and skills, and the development of intensive economic systems linked to the growth of large populations.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/8928.html (637 words)

	A History of the Pacific Islands:0333949765:Fischer, Steven Roger:eCampus.com
		A History of the Pacific Islands:0333949765:Fischer, Steven Roger:eCampus.com
		This is history on a grand scale, taking the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia from prehistoric culture to the present day through a skillful interpretation of scholarship in the field.
		Fischer's familiarity with work in archaeology and anthropology as well as in history enriches the text, making this a book with wide appeal for students and general readers.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0333949765 (88 words)

	Pacific Affairs: Book reviews -- Pacific Islands History: Journeys and Transformations edited by Brij V. Lal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Islands foster insularity and so might A.N.U.'s pervasive influence, but there is little that is parochial in these papers.
		Working with anthropology as it undergoes restructuring with the advent of the observed participating along with the observer in the construction of knowledge is discussed.
		Clive Moore and Jacqueline Leckie each provide chapters on doing labour history as well as revealing recent findings about the dynamics of recruitment and class formation in the Pacific region in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3680/is_199404/ai_n8731529 (623 words)

	CVO Menu - North Pacific Volcanic Islands
		A close scientific examination of Guam reveals four main physical divisions to the island: the northern limestone plateau, the dissected volcanic plateau in the south, the south-central basin area and the fringing reef areas of the coastal lowlands.
		Magmas that form island arcs are produced by the partial melting of the descending plate and/or the overlying oceanic lithosphere.
		The northern volcanic islands were sold to Germany in 1898, occupied by Japan between the two World Wars, and named a Trust Territory by the UN in 1947 administered by the U.S. The islands became a self-governing US commonwealth in 1975.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/NorthPacific/description_north_pacific_volcanic_islands.html (2014 words)

	Powell's Books - A History of the Pacific Islands by Steven R. Fischer
		Although under 300 pages, this volume is impressive in its scope, covering all of the Pacific Islands, from the earliest times to the present, and in its command of the material.
		Among the topics covered are a summary of the people and culture of the islands; the history and impact of colonization; and the impact of succeeding practices and events, such as illness, trade, nuclear testing, and the current political struggles.
		"A History of the Pacific Islands" traces the human history of nearly one third of the globe over a 50,000-year span, taking the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia from prehistoric culture to the present day.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=65-0333949765-1 (300 words)

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		Less obvious was America’s interest in islands in the Pacific such as the Samoas and the Philippines, although we.
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	Salmon, All About Pacific Salmon, History of Salmon
		During that time, the Columbia River was so thick with the countless salmon that the Indians simply speared or clubbed them to death from their canoes or from the river banks.
		There are five species of Pacific Salmon, comprise one of the most valuable fishery resources of the United States.
		A Natural History of the Pacific Salmon by Jim Lichatowich and Seth Zuckerman.
	whatscookingamerica.net /salmon.htm (1134 words)

	Patterns of colonial administration (from Pacific Islands, history of) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		history of the region from prehistoric times to the present.
		history of Djibouti from independence in 1977 to the present.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-53871 (788 words)

	Te Puna Web Directory > Pacific > History
		Emphasis on Norfolk Island, the Kermadecs and the Auckland Islands.
		Newsletter Of The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau carries news of the Bureau's activities, microfilming projects, recent releases, fieldtrips, advertises books and presents articles by a wide range of people with an interest in the Pacific Islands region.
		Pacific archaeology is a major area of specialisation at the Anthropology Department of the University of Otago.
	webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz /dir/en/pacific/history (877 words)

	Worlds Apart: a History of the Pacific Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Pacific Islands remain for most people a region of obscurity or puzzlement.
		For many years Ian Campbell’s History of the Pacific Islands has served this purpose, and now after a tumultuous decade in the Pacific, it has been completely revised, largely rewritten and expanded to bring the story of the Pacific Islands up to the present.
		Ian Campbell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, and draws on a lifetime of personal knowledge, academic research and teaching in, as well as about, the Pacific Islands.
	www.unireps.com.au /detailprint.htm?isbn=090881299X (205 words)

	G. McCall -- Rapanui (Easter Island)
		The island is administered by a governor appointed by the Chilean Government.
		It is in the V Region of the country, along with the port city of Valparaiso and the resort Viña del Mar. The Municipality of Hangaroa holds elections every four years to elect six counsellors, one of whom becomes the Mayor by election.
		Eventually, the troops withdrew and the island became a fully incorporated part of Chile, the restrictions were removed and free elections held from 1966, even a special "Easter Island Law (16442)" was enacted, giving a series of benefits to spur development.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/Rapanui.html (8892 words)

	AllRefer.com - Marshall Islands : History (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Some of the islands were visited by Spanish explorers in the early 16th cent.
		In World War II the islands were taken by U.S. forces (1943–44); they were included in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947.
		After the war both Enewetak and Bikini atolls were used as U.S. nuclear weapons test sites.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MarshalIs-history.html (324 words)

	Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century
		Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century Review: In the twentieth century, the Pacific Islands found themselves crunched between centuries of ultra-localized traditions, and the sometimes amazingly sudden encroachment of a more technologically advanced world.
		This book bills itself as the first detailed history of this region in the twentieth century.
	www.textkit.com /0_0824815971.html (248 words)

	World History Archives: The history of Oceania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright.
		Documents for the history of Papua New Guinea and occupied West PNG
		Documents for the history of the Federated States of Micronesia
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/24 (85 words)

	WHKMLA : History of the Solomon Islands, ToC
		WHKMLA : History of the Solomon Islands, ToC
		Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Solomon Islands, from Kirken i Norge
		History of the Solomon Islands, from Lonely Planet; from iExplore; from infoplease; from World Rover, from World Travel Guide
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/pacific/xsolomon.html (267 words)

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