{"product_id":"9781350183124","title":"European Impact and Pacific Influence British and German Policy in the Pacific Islands and the Indigenous Response","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEuropean Impact and Pacific Influence\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBritish and German Policy in the Pacific Islands and the Indigenous Response\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHermann J. Hiery | John MacKenzie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Oceania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish and German ambitions have clashed in the Pacific at many times in the last two centuries. This is a study of those episodes, and their effects on the European powers and the Pacific Islanders involved. It throws light on the activities of missionaries in Micronesia, head-hunters in New Guinea, Law-makers in Tonga and the influence of the British and Germans in the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book considers: European perceptions of Pacific islanders and vice versa; the ecological effect of European intervention, both on the environment and its inhabitants; the efforts to impose a European rule of law in the South Pacific; the area of sexuality as a specific form of Pacific-European interaction where cultural differences between European and traditional behaviour was at its most marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHermann J. Hiery \u003c\/b\u003eis Chair of Modern History at University of Bayreuth, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn MacKenzie \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at University of Lancaster, UK. His books include: \u003ci\u003eThe Partition of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003ePropaganda and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eThe Railway Station, a Social History\u003c\/i\u003e (jtly, 1986), \u003ci\u003eImperialism and Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 1986), \u003ci\u003eImperialism and the Natural World\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 1990), \u003ci\u003ePopular Imperialism and the Military\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 1992), \u003ci\u003eOrientalism: History, Theory and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eDavid Livingstone and the Victorian Encounter with Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Victorian Vision\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 2001), \u003ci\u003ePeoples, Nations and Cultures \u003c\/i\u003e(ed, 2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Scots in South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eMuseums and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eScotland and the British Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 2011), \u003ci\u003eEuropean Empires and the People\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 2011), \u003ci\u003eScotland, Empire and Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e (ed, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 February 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350183124\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332974608524,"sku":"9781350183124","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b8675170-2ca6-4f9f-907c-4186005fc77b.jpg?v=1783607757","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350183124","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}