From the beginnings of human settlement through to the Cook voyages and beyond, histories of 'the Pacific' are stories of contact and connection. This vast region can be charted through histories of encounter between the diverse peoples of the Pacific,the Pacific Rim and the wider world.Coast to Coast explores the networks of modernity that connected the various peoples of the Pacific,Australia and North America as new means of transportation, distribution and communication developed from the mid-nineteenth century.
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From the beginnings of human settlement through to the Cook voyages and beyond, histories of 'the Pacific' are stories of contact and connection. This vast region can be charted through histories of encounter between the diverse peoples of the Pacific,the Pacific Rim and the wider world.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781443823951
Publisert
2010-09-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
175

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Dr Prue Ahrens is a Lecturer in Art History and member of the University of Queensland's Cultural History Project. She has published widely on colonial histories and has curated two international exhibitions of Pacifc War photography. Her current research focuses on colonial modernity in Euro-American art of the Pacific region. Associate Professor Chris Dixon is a Reader in History and Coordinator of the University of Queensland's Cultural History Project. He has published widely in the field of American history, has served as President of the International Society for Cultural History, and is currently President of the Australian-New Zealand American Studies Association. His current research focuses on the cultural history of the Pacific War, and on the contested legacies of the Vietnam War.