Sisällysluettelo:
“…The restless Puritan -- With the native Americans -- Founder of Rhode Island -- A new dispensation -- The champion of religious liberty -- Roger Williams and America…”
Sisällysluettelo:
“…Preface to the second edition / Crossing borders : changing contexts of this book / Introduction / History and the representation of Polynesian societies / Artefacts of history : events and the interpretation of images / Diarchy and history in Hawaii and Tonga / Under the toa tree : the genealogy of the Tongan chiefs / Chiefs, gender and hierarchy in Ngāpūtoru / Class and social differentiation in Oceania / New lessons from old shells : changing perspectives on the kula / Gift exchange and the construction of identity / 'Canoe traffic' of the Torres Strait and fly estuary / Cultural history of the Pacific and the bark cloth making in central Sulawesi / The material culture of music performance on Manihiki / The 'golden section' on Kitawa Island / Decipherment of the Easter Island script…”
Sisällysluettelo:
“…Agriculture and empire : excavating plantation soil -- Planetarity and militarized radiations -- Accelerations : globalization and states of waste -- Oceanic futures : interspecies worldings -- An island is a world…”