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Pacific Nations and Territories 4th Edition
Pacific Nations and Territories 4th Edition
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About Pacific Nations and Territories
This text takes a detailed approach to covering the migration and settling patterns in Oceania, while highlighting key systems of governance and interdependence between nations and territories. The content details the geographical and human characteristics that have made the Pacific region what it is today with special emphasis given to: migration/origins, human environment, Pacific and global economies, impacts of WWII, nuclear testing, militarization, contemporary migration, and climate change.
Pacific Nations and Territories is written at a post-secondary (high school) reading level. Covering the same content areas as Pacific Neighbors, this book includes attractive color photographs, diagrams, charts, and maps that bring the material to life.
Also included in the 4th edition is a new chapter on New Zealand and sidebars that introduce topics of contemporary interest.
Content revisions:
> Comprehensively revised
> Easy to read
> New vivid color maps and photographs
> New charts illustrations and diagrams
> Pacific-centered point of viewWritten for secondary-level students
> Includes contributions from a team of writers from the region
SPECS:
208 pp, 8.5” x 10”
color, hardcover, reinforced binding
SKU: 9781573062466
Table of Contents
Part 1: THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND OCEANIA
Unit 1: Basic Pacific Geology and Geography
Chapter 1 - The Pacific Ocean
Chapter 2 - The Islands of Oceania
Chapter 3 - Tropical Pacific Weather and Climate
Unit 2: Peopling of the Pacific
Chapter 4 - Migration
Chapter 5 - Navigation and the Canoe
Chapter 6 - Life on the Islands Long Ago
Unit 3 Exploration, Conflict, and Trade in the Pacific
Chapter 7 - Explorers
Chapter 8 - People Who Came to the Islands
Chapter 9 - Western Colonies
Chapter 10 - World War Two and Post-War Changes
PART 2: THE ISLANDS
Unit 4: Micronesia
Chapter 11 - Guam
Chapter 12 - Northern Marianas
Chapter 13 - Palau
Chapter 14 - Marshall Islands
Chapter 15 - Federated States of Micronesia
Chapter 16 - Nauru
Chapter 17 - Kiribati
Unit 5: Melanesia
Chapter 18 - Papua New Guinea
Chapter 19 - Solomon Islands
Chapter 20 - Vanuatu
Chapter 21 - New Caledonia
Chapter 22 - Fiji
Unit 6: Polynesia
Chapter 23 - American Samoa
Chapter 24 - Samoa
Chapter 25 - Tuvalu
Chapter 26 - Tokelau
Chapter 27 - Niue
Chapter 28 - Cook Islands
Chapter 29 - Tonga
Chapter 30 - Pitcairn
Chapter 31 - Norfolk
Chapter 32 - Wallis and Futuna
Chapter 33 - French Polynesia
Chapter 34 - Rapa Nui
Chapter 35 - Hawai’i
Chapter 36 - New Zealand