History of the Pacific Islands

Informationen zum Autor STEVEN ROGER FISCHER is Director of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures, Auckland, New Zealand, and has authored and edited more than one hundred books and articles. He is best known for his successful decipherment of Easter Island's rongorongo script, and of ancient Crete's Phaistos Disk. Klappentext "A History of the Pacific Islands" traces the human history of nearly one-third of the globe over a 50,000 year span. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Steven R. Fischer, Steven Roger Fischer, FISCHER STEVEN R
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.2002
• EAN: 9780333949757
• ISBN: 978-0-333-94975-7
• No. of pages: 336