Widening Worlds, Shrinking Worlds?: The Reshaping of OceaniaCentre for the Contemporary Pacific, Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1999 - History - 38 pages A fascinating lecture on how history, politics and economics have determined the way the various ethnic and national groupings relate to each other and still determine its dynamic. |
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References to this book
Birthing in the Pacific: Beyond Tradition and Modernity? Vicki Lukere,Margaret Jolly Limited preview - 2001 |