Oceania, 800-1800ce - A Millennium of Interactions in a Sea of Islands

Over a span of 1000 years beginning around 800CE, the people of the Pacific Islands undertook a remarkable period of voyaging, political evolution, and cross-cultural interactions. These histories provide an important cross-cultural perspective for the concept of 'the Middle Ages' from outside of the usual Old World focus.

List of contents

1. Oceania's Island World: Geographic and Conceptual Background; 2. Timeless Backwater, or Written out of History?; 3. Encountering New Environments: The Ends of Polynesia; 4. Navigating Inhabited Lands: The Americas and the Polynesian Outliers; 5. Political Epics in Island Societies; 6. Oceania Encounters Europe; 7. From a Millennium of Contacts to Islander Futures.

Summary

Over a span of 1000 years beginning around 800CE, the people of the Pacific Islands undertook a remarkable period of voyaging, political evolution, and cross-cultural interactions. These histories provide an important cross-cultural perspective for the concept of 'the Middle Ages' from outside of the usual Old World focus.

Product details

• Authors: James L. Flexner, James L. (University of Sydney) Flexner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108823289
• ISBN: 978-1-108-82328-9
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Global Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history