Islanders. The Pacific in the Age of Empire, Paperback/***

Explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. This title reveals that there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation. Publisher: Yale University Press Author(s): Nicholas (Australian Research Council Senior Research Fellow, affiliated with the Australian National University, Australia) Thomas Number of pages: 352 Publication date: 2012 Dimensions: 163 x 231 x 26 Cover type: Paperback / softback