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The Pacific Islands : an encyclopedia / edited by Brij V. Lal and Kate Fortune.
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An encyclopaedia of information on major aspects of Pacific life, including the physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society and culture. The CD-ROM contains hyperlinks between section titles and sections, a library of all the maps in the encyclopaedia, and a photo library.
Kate Fortune lives in New Zealand.
Accompanied by computer optical disk in pocket inside back cover.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Illustrations (p. xiv)
- Preface (p. xv)
- Acknowledgments (p. xvii)
- Contributors (p. xviii)
- Abbreviations (p. xxviii)
- Glossary (p. xxxiii)
- 1 Physical Environment
- 1 The sea
- Oceanic environment (p. 3)
- The underwater world (p. 6)
- Pelagic fish (p. 8)
- Skipjack tuna (p. 8)
- Ocean anchovy (p. 8)
- Sharks (p. 9)
- Rays (p. 9)
- Corals (p. 10)
- Molluscs (p. 10)
- Crustaceans (p. 11)
- Whales, dolphins and porpoises (p. 11)
- Dolphins (p. 13)
- Porpoises (p. 14)
- Sea lion (p. 14)
- Dugong (p. 15)
- Turtles (p. 15)
- Ocean trenches (p. 16)
- Minerva reefs (p. 18)
- 2 The land
- Geological history of the Pacific (p. 18)
- Atolls (p. 20)
- High tropical mountains (p. 21)
- Volcanic activity (p. 22)
- Volcanoes of Hawai'i (p. 24)
- Volcanoes of Papua New Guinea (p. 25)
- Sepik River (p. 26)
- Fly River (p. 27)
- 3 Plants, birds and animals
- Prehistoric plants and animals (p. 27)
- Plants of the Pacific (p. 28)
- Sandalwood (p. 30)
- Indigenous food crops (p. 30)
- Coconuts (p. 31)
- Major starch foods (p. 32)
- Indigenous fruit and nuts (p. 34)
- Betelnut (p. 36)
- Tropical flowers (p. 36)
- Orchids (p. 36)
- Bougainvillea (p. 36)
- Frangipani (p. 36)
- Florilegium (p. 36)
- Marine birds (p. 37)
- Frigate-bird (p. 38)
- Land birds (p. 38)
- Bird of paradise (p. 38)
- Kagu (p. 38)
- Frogs and toads (p. 39)
- Reptiles (p. 39)
- 4 Climate and nature
- Environmental change (p. 40)
- Climate change (p. 43)
- Drought (p. 44)
- El Nino (p. 44)
- Natural disasters (p. 45)
- Cataclysmic eruptions (p. 47)
- Cyclones (p. 48)
- Tsunami (p. 49)
- 2 Peoples
- 1 Settlement
- Footsteps from Asia: the peopling of the Pacific (p. 53)
- First colonists (p. 54)
- The Austronesians (p. 55)
- Lapita culture (p. 58)
- Settlement of New Guinea (p. 59)
- Settlement of the eastern Pacific (p. 60)
- Settlement of the northern Pacific (p. 62)
- Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia (p. 63)
- 2 Language
- Languages of the Pacific Basin (p. 63)
- Kanak languages of New Caledonia (p. 67)
- Languages of Papua New Guinea (p. 68)
- French language in the Pacific (p. 70)
- Trading languages in Papua New Guinea (p. 71)
- Tok Pisin (p. 72)
- Bislama (p. 73)
- Fiji Hindi (p. 74)
- Fiji Pidgin English (p. 75)
- Languages of Polynesia (p. 75)
- Solomon Islands Pijin (p. 76)
- 3 Voyaging
- Wondering minds and wandering keels (p. 77)
- Canoes and rafts (p. 79)
- Hokule'a (p. 80)
- Polynesian voyaging society (p. 80)
- Kupe (p. 80)
- Tupaia (p. 80)
- Nainoa Thompson (p. 81)
- Mau Piailug (p. 81)
- Kon-Tiki expedition (p. 81)
- Computer simulations of ancient voyages (p. 82)
- 4 Demography
- Early populations (p. 82)
- Fatal impact (p. 83)
- Depopulation (p. 84)
- Voluntary migration (p. 85)
- Forced migration (p. 87)
- 5 Living in cities
- Urbanization (p. 88)
- Apia (p. 92)
- Avarua (p. 93)
- Hagatna (p. 93)
- Honiara (p. 94)
- Honolulu (p. 95)
- Kolonia (p. 96)
- Koror (p. 97)
- Majuro (p. 98)
- Noumea (p. 99)
- Nuku'alofa (p. 100)
- Pago Pago (p. 101)
- Pape'ete (p. 101)
- Port Moresby (p. 102)
- Port Vila (p. 103)
- Saipan (p. 104)
- Suva (p. 104)
- South Tarawa (p. 105)
- 6 Diaspora
- Pacific diaspora (p. 106)
- Cross-cultural contacts (p. 108)
- Kanaka seamen (p. 109)
- Beachcombers (p. 109)
- San Lesmes (p. 109)
- Circular mobility (p. 110)
- Girmitiya (p. 110)
- Kanakas in Australia (p. 111)
- Dr Faith Bandler (p. 112)
- Noel Fatnowna (p. 112)
- Pacific islanders in Australia (p. 113)
- Pacific islanders in New Zealand (p. 114)
- Pacific islanders in the United States of America (p. 115)
- Ebeye (p. 116)
- Multi-ethnic population of Hawai'i (p. 117)
- 3 History
- 1 Histories in the Pacific
- Genealogies (p. 121)
- Nan Madol, Pohnpei (p. 121)
- Lelu Ruins, Kosrae (p. 122)
- Ha'amonga-a-Maui (p. 122)
- Heiau, ancient stone temples of Hawai'i (p. 122)
- Who carved the statues of Easter Island? (p. 123)
- Rapanui archaeology (p. 123)
- Oral history in the Pacific: whose voices are heard? (p. 125)
- Cartography in the Pacific (p. 126)
- Histories in the Pacific islands (p. 129)
- Pacific History Association (p. 132)
- Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PAMBU) (p. 132)
- 2 Indigenous chiefly systems, titles and trade
- Early society and authority systems (p. 132)
- Ali'i and Hawaiian chiefly status (p. 135)
- Ariki (p. 135)
- Tongan chiefly status and the Tu'i Tonga (p. 135)
- Pohnpeian chiefdoms (p. 136)
- Nahnken (p. 136)
- Traditional leadership in Micronesia (p. 137)
- Fijian chiefly status (p. 137)
- Samoan matai titles (p. 138)
- Hiri trading voyages (p. 139)
- Kula exchange system (p. 140)
- Yap 'trade empire' and stone money (p. 140)
- Traditional authority and distribution of food (p. 141)
- Traditional rulers (p. 141)
- Pomare I (p. 141)
- Kamehameha I (p. 142)
- Ka'ahumanu (p. 142)
- Pomare II (p. 142)
- George Tupou I (p. 142)
- Queen Pomare IV (p. 143)
- Kamehameha III (p. 143)
- Naisiline Nidoish (p. 144)
- Cakobau (p. 144)
- Lili'uokalani (p. 145)
- Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe (p. 145)
- Kwaisulia (p. 145)
- Te'o Tuvale (p. 146)
- Henry Nanpei (p. 146)
- 3 European visitors: first contacts
- Europe arriving (p. 147)
- Spain and Portugal in the Pacific (p. 150)
- Ferdinand Magellan (p. 151)
- Dutch exploration (p. 151)
- Lost ships (p. 152)
- Captain James Cook (p. 152)
- Death of Captain Cook (p. 153)
- French exploration, 1768-1815 (p. 154)
- Louis Antoine de Bougainville (p. 154)
- Wallis and Carteret (p. 155)
- La Perouse (p. 155)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (p. 156)
- William Bligh (p. 158)
- Louis-Claude de Freycinet (p. 158)
- Dumont d'Urville (p. 159)
- United States exploring expedition (p. 159)
- The noble savage (p. 159)
- Ahutoru (p. 160)
- Omai (p. 160)
- Lee Boo (p. 161)
- Ruatara (p. 161)
- Scientists and observers (p. 161)
- Denis Diderot (p. 161)
- Joseph Banks (p. 161)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (p. 162)
- Lajos Biro (p. 163)
- T J McMahon (p. 163)
- Bronislaw Malinowski (p. 163)
- W H R Rivers (p. 164)
- C G Seligman (p. 164)
- Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hiroa) (p. 164)
- Women anthropologists in Papua New Guinea (p. 165)
- Margaret Mead (p. 165)
- Camilla Wedgwood (p. 166)
- The Pacific in European art (p. 167)
- Paul Gauguin (p. 170)
- Writing about the Pacific (p. 170)
- Some European writers on the Pacific islands (p. 173)
- R M Ballantyne (p. 173)
- Louis Becke (p. 173)
- Samuel Butler (p. 173)
- Lady Constance F Gordon Cumming (p. 173)
- Allen Curnow (p. 174)
- William Dampier (p. 174)
- Daniel Defoe (p. 174)
- William Ellis (p. 174)
- Robert D Fitzgerald (p. 174)
- Robert James Fletcher (p. 174)
- Robert Dean Frisbie (p. 174)
- Friedrich Gerstacker (p. 174)
- Arthur Grimble (p. 174)
- Beatrice Grimshaw (p. 174)
- James Jones (p. 174)
- William Henry Giles Kingston (p. 174)
- Jack London (p. 174)
- Pierre Loti (p. 174)
- James McAuley (p. 174)
- Jack McLaren (p. 174)
- William Mariner (p. 174)
- Jean Mariotti (p. 174)
- Somerset Maugham (p. 174)
- Herman Melville (p. 174)
- James A Michener (p. 174)
- Charles Bernard Nordhoff (p. 174)
- Willard Price (p. 175)
- Olaf Ruhen (p. 175)
- Arnold Safroni-Middleton (p. 175)
- Kenneth Slessor (p. 175)
- Henry de Vere Stacpoole (p. 175)
- Charles Warren Stoddard (p. 175)
- Randolph Stow (p. 175)
- Paul Theroux (p. 175)
- Jules Verne (p. 175)
- 4 Religion and Christianity
- Indigenous religious systems (p. 175)
- The spread of Christian missions (p. 178)
- London Missionary Society (p. 178)
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (p. 180)
- Methodists (p. 180)
- Anglicans (p. 181)
- French missions in the Pacific (p. 181)
- Lutherans (p. 183)
- Lotu (p. 184)
- New Zealand's involvement in Pacific missions (p. 184)
- Hongi Hika (p. 184)
- Mulipola Fauea (p. 185)
- Influence of missions in Fiji (p. 185)
- Pacific islander missionaries (p. 185)
- Pastors (p. 186)
- George Sarawia (p. 186)
- Soakimi Gatafahefa (p. 186)
- The first Hawaiian missionaries (p. 187)
- Mary Kaaialii Nawaa (p. 187)
- Missionary biographies (p. 187)
- Charles Abel (p. 187)
- Shirley Baker (p. 188)
- Hiram Bingham (p. 188)
- William Bromilow (p. 189)
- George Brown (p. 189)
- John Wear Burton (p. 189)
- James Chalmers (p. 189)
- Pierre (St Peter) Chanel (p. 190)
- Robert Codrington (p. 190)
- Joseph Damien (p. 190)
- Jean-Baptiste Epalle (p. 191)
- Thomas Haweis (p. 191)
- John Hunt (p. 191)
- Honore Laval (p. 191)
- W G Lawes (p. 192)
- Maurice Leenhardt (p. 192)
- Samuel Marsden (p. 192)
- John G Paton (p. 193)
- John Coleridge Patteson (p. 193)
- Bishop Pompallier (p. 194)
- George Pritchard (p. 194)
- Bishop Selwyn (p. 195)
- Charles Vienot (p. 195)
- John Williams (p. 196)
- The church in the Pacific today (p. 197)
- Mormons (p. 198)
- Seventh-Day Adventist church (p. 199)
- Baha'i (p. 199)
- Hinduism (p. 199)
- New Christian movements (p. 200)
- 5 Trade and labour
- Colonial labour trade (p. 202)
- Beach communities (p. 204)
- Kororareka (p. 206)
- Lahaina (p. 207)
- Levuka (p. 207)
- China trade (p. 207)
- Blackbirders (p. 208)
- Peruvian slave trade (p. 208)
- Torres Strait seaway (p. 208)
- Whaling (p. 209)
- Beche-de-mer (p. 210)
- Sandalwood trade (p. 211)
- Phosphate (p. 212)
- Guano (p. 213)
- Copra and coconut oil (p. 213)
- Polynesia Company (p. 213)
- Japanese commercial interests (p. 213)
- German commercial interests (p. 215)
- J C Godeffroy and Sohn (p. 216)
- Jaluit Gesellschaft (p. 216)
- Burns Philp (p. 217)
- Lever Brothers (p. 217)
- Carpenter Group (p. 218)
- Hennings (p. 218)
- Morris Hedstrom (p. 219)
- Ben Boyd (p. 219)
- John Higginson (p. 219)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (p. 220)
- 6 Land tenure and alienation
- Customary land tenure (p. 221)
- German colonial land policies (p. 223)
- Land alienation in New Caledonia (p. 225)
- Land alienation in Hawai'i (p. 226)
- Great Mahele (p. 227)
- Land tenure in Tonga (p. 228)
- Fiji Native Land Trust Board (p. 228)
- 7 Colonial rule
- Colonial rule: administrative styles and practices
- Spanish expansion, 1675-1899 (p. 231)
- French expansion, 1817-1939 (p. 233)
- Kanak rebellion, 1878 (p. 234)
- German colonial administration, 1884-1914 (p. 235)
- Japanese activity in Micronesia, 1885-1945 (p. 236)
- Deed of Cession (p. 238)
- Guano Act of the United States (p. 239)
- Condominium (p. 239)
- Western Pacific High Commission (p. 240)
- Sir John Thurston (p. 241)
- Sir Arthur Gordon (p. 242)
- F J Moss (p. 242)
- Wilhelm Solf (p. 242)
- 8 World War II
- Islander experiences in the Pacific war (p. 243)
- Papua New Guinea in the war (p. 249)
- War in Fiji (p. 250)
- Tonga in the war (p. 251)
- Kokoda Track (p. 252)
- Guadalcanal (p. 252)
- Pearl Harbor (p. 253)
- 9 Post-war Pacific
- Cargo cults (p. 253)
- Nuclear testing (p. 256)
- US nuclear tests, 1946-62 (p. 257)
- British nuclear tests, 1957-58 (p. 257)
- French nuclear tests, 1966-96 (p. 258)
- Nuclear-free Pacific (p. 258)
- Bikini Atoll (p. 259)
- Decolonization (p. 259)
- Fiji coups, 1987 (p. 260)
- Bougainville conflict and peace process, 1988-98 (p. 261)
- Chronology of a crisis (p. 263)
- Defence forces in the Pacific (p. 265)
- Papua New Guinea (p. 266)
- Fiji (p. 266)
- Vanuatu (p. 266)
- Solomon Islands (p. 266)
- American Samoa (p. 266)
- Guam (p. 266)
- Hawai'i (p. 266)
- 4 Politics
- 1 Leadership
- Politics in the Pacific: an overview (p. 269)
- Traditional leadership today (p. 272)
- Big-men (p. 273)
- Micronesian leadership after World War II (p. 273)
- Leadership codes in the Pacific (p. 276)
- Political biographies (p. 277)
- I'iga Pisa (p. 277)
- Samuel Wilder King (p. 277)
- Marou Mimi (p. 277)
- Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (p. 278)
- Marcel Pouvana'a A Oopa (p. 278)
- Queen Salote Tupou III (p. 279)
- A D Patel (p. 280)
- Albert Henry (p. 281)
- Wilson Inia (p. 281)
- Sir Robert Rex (p. 282)
- Sir Fiatau Penitala Teo (p. 282)
- Francis Sanford (p. 282)
- Malietoa Tanumafili II (p. 282)
- Sir John Guise (p. 282)
- Kondom Agaundo (p. 283)
- Sir Thomas Davis (p. 283)
- Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (p. 283)
- Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau (p. 284)
- Peter Coleman (p. 284)
- Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (p. 285)
- Fiame Mata'afa Mulinu'u II (p. 285)
- Jonathan Fifi'i (p. 286)
- Prince Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake (p. 286)
- Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV (p. 286)
- George Mye (p. 287)
- Hammer DeRoburt (p. 287)
- Tofilau Eti Alesana (p. 287)
- George R Ariyoshi (p. 288)
- Amata Kabua (p. 288)
- Ricardo J Bordallo (p. 289)
- Toalipi Lauti (p. 289)
- Sir Albert Maori Kiki (p. 289)
- Tosiwo Nakayama (p. 290)
- Gaston Flosse (p. 290)
- Ellie Gaffney (p. 290)
- Jacques Lafleur (p. 291)
- Paul M Calvo (p. 291)
- Dr Timoci Bavadra (p. 291)
- Lazarus Sali'i (p. 292)
- Edward Mabo (p. 292)
- Sir Michael Somare (p. 292)
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou (p. 293)
- Carlos Sablan Camacho (p. 294)
- Sir John Kaputin (p. 294)
- Sir Julius Chan (p. 295)
- Solomon Mamaloni (p. 295)
- Walter Lini (p. 295)
- John Momis (p. 296)
- Sir Iambakey Okuk (p. 296)
- Kuniwo Nakamura (p. 297)
- Sir Peter Kenilorea (p. 297)
- Dame Josephine Abaijah (p. 297)
- Nidoish Naisseline (p. 297)
- Bernard Dowiyogo (p. 298)
- Sir Rabbie Namaliu (p. 298)
- Sitiveni Rabuka (p. 299)
- Ieremia Tabai (p. 299)
- Bartholomew Ulufa'alu (p. 299)
- Paias Wingti (p. 300)
- Paul Neaoutyine (p. 300)
- 2 Parties, politics and protest movements
- Protest: proto-nationalist movements (p. 300)
- Mau a Pule (p. 302)
- Vailala Madness (p. 303)
- John Frum movement (p. 303)
- Maasina Rule (p. 304)
- Nagriamel (p. 304)
- Hawaiian sovereignty: 100 years as a colony (p. 305)
- West Papuan nationalism (p. 306)
- Torres Strait independence movement (p. 306)
- Pro-democracy movement in Tonga (p. 307)
- Nationalism in French territories (p. 307)
- Mataungan Association (p. 309)
- Organisasi Papua Merdeka (p. 310)
- Pangu Pati (p. 310)
- Papua Besena (p. 311)
- Media management and the foreign policy process (p. 311)
- Government-media relations in the Pacific islands (p. 313)
- 3 Political and legal systems
- Pacific constitutions (p. 314)
- International law and the Pacific Ocean (p. 316)
- Courts and legal systems (p. 317)
- Human rights (p. 319)
- Ombudsmen (p. 320)
- Criminal justice in Papua New Guinea (p. 320)
- Village court system of Papua New Guinea (p. 322)
- Constitutional development in Tonga (p. 323)
- Constitution review in Fiji (p. 324)
- Palau's nuclear-free constitution (p. 325)
- Matignon Accords (p. 326)
- Noumea Accord (p. 326)
- 4 The region and the world
- Regional cooperation and initiatives (p. 326)
- Pacific Community (South Pacific Commission) (p. 328)
- South Pacific Forum (p. 329)
- Pacific islands and the world (p. 331)
- Australia and the Pacific (p. 331)
- The French Pacific in the 20th century (p. 332)
- Japan and the Pacific (p. 334)
- Latin America and the Pacific (p. 335)
- New Zealand and the Pacific (p. 336)
- The United States of America and the Pacific (p. 338)
- 5 Economy
- 1 Agriculture
- Agriculture (p. 343)
- Indigenous cultivation systems (p. 343)
- Arboriculture and agroforestry (p. 343)
- Shifting cultivation (p. 343)
- Irrigation and drainage (p. 344)
- Intensive cultivation (p. 344)
- Houseyard gardens (p. 345)
- Animal husbandry (p. 345)
- Contemporary production systems (p. 345)
- Farming's future (p. 346)
- Plantations (p. 347)
- Rural change and development (p. 348)
- Sugar (p. 353)
- Fiji's sugar industry (p. 354)
- Colonial Sugar Refining Company (p. 355)
- Pacific cash crops (p. 355)
- Palm oil (p. 355)
- Rubber (p. 355)
- Cocoa (p. 356)
- Coffee (p. 356)
- Rice (p. 356)
- Tea (p. 356)
- 2 Labour
- Trade unions (p. 357)
- Apisai Tora (p. 361)
- Labour reserve (p. 361)
- Strikes and industrial action (p. 362)
- Fiji strikes of 1920 and 1921 (p. 363)
- Rabaul strike 1929 (p. 363)
- Strike action in Hawai'i (p. 364)
- Fiji strike of 1959 (p. 364)
- Public service strike in Samoa (p. 364)
- Public sector employment (p. 365)
- Unemployment (p. 365)
- Labour--Cook Islanders (p. 366)
- 3 Fisheries, forestry and mining
- Natural resources and international development (p. 366)
- Fisheries (p. 366)
- Forestry (p. 368)
- Mining and petroleum (p. 369)
- Mining in the Pacific islands (p. 371)
- Nickel mining (p. 373)
- Logging in Solomon Islands (p. 373)
- Jant wood chipping (p. 375)
- Subsistence and domestic fishing (p. 375)
- Island fisheries (p. 376)
- Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries (p. 377)
- Solomon Taiyo Limited (p. 377)
- Sustainable development (p. 377)
- Environmental concerns in Cook Islands (p. 380)
- 4 Transport
- Shipping (p. 381)
- Aviation (p. 384)
- Flying boats (p. 388)
- Passenger liners and cruise ships (p. 388)
- Pacific Forum Line (p. 389)
- 5 Financial and economic development
- Banking and finance (p. 389)
- Tax free zones (p. 391)
- Philatelic bureaux (p. 392)
- Cooperatives (p. 393)
- Foreign aid (p. 393)
- Aid rationale and philosophy (p. 395)
- Problems and prospects (p. 396)
- MIRAB economies (p. 397)
- Tourism (p. 398)
- South Pacific Tourism Council (p. 402)
- Pacific Islands Centre (p. 402)
- 6 Society
- 1 Gender and family relationships
- Family (p. 405)
- Rituals of the life-cycle (p. 408)
- Divination (p. 410)
- Feasts and the symbolism of food (p. 411)
- Kava (p. 412)
- Clan (p. 413)
- Polygyny (p. 413)
- Adoption (p. 414)
- Prostitution (p. 414)
- Gender (p. 415)
- Transvestism (transgenderism) (p. 416)
- Ritualised homosexuality (p. 417)
- 2 Education
- Introduction of formal education (p. 418)
- Education in Hawai'i (p. 418)
- Education in Tonga (p. 419)
- Education in Fiji (p. 419)
- Education in Solomon Islands (p. 419)
- Education in French Polynesia (p. 419)
- Education in New Caledonia (p. 420)
- Education in Papua New Guinea (p. 420)
- Education in Cook Islands (p. 420)
- Educational planning in the Pacific (p. 421)
- Higher education for Pacific islanders (p. 422)
- Pacific universities (p. 423)
- University of Papua New Guinea (p. 424)
- University of the South Pacific (p. 425)
- Specialist medical training (p. 426)
- Theological colleges (p. 426)
- Pacific Theological College (p. 427)
- Newington College (p. 427)
- Center for Pacific Island Studies (p. 427)
- East-West Center (p. 427)
- Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva (p. 428)
- Institute for Polynesian Studies, Hawai'i (p. 428)
- Centre for South Pacific Studies, UNSW (p. 428)
- Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU (p. 428)
- South Pacific Bureau for Educational Assessment (p. 428)
- Micronesian Area Research Center (p. 429)
- Centre for the Contemporary Pacific (p. 429)
- Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies (p. 429)
- 3 Social order
- Traditional sanctions and laws (p. 429)
- Gift-giving in Melanesia (p. 432)
- Domestic violence (p. 433)
- Urban crime and social status (p. 434)
- Youth and crime in Papua New Guinea (p. 435)
- Raskols (p. 437)
- Urban squatting in Fiji (p. 437)
- Suicide in the Pacific islands (p. 439)
- Youth suicide in Micronesia (p. 440)
- 4 Health
- Traditional food and nutrition (p. 440)
- Cooking (p. 441)
- Nutritional value of earlier diets (p. 442)
- Endemic and introduced diseases (p. 442)
- Traditional healing practices (p. 443)
- Fertility and family planning (p. 443)
- Nursing (p. 445)
- Child health in the Pacific (p. 446)
- Alcohol and drug abuse (p. 447)
- Trauma (p. 448)
- Mental health (p. 449)
- Burkitts tumour (p. 450)
- Diabetes (p. 450)
- HIV infection/AIDS (p. 450)
- Hookworm (p. 451)
- Kuru (p. 451)
- Malaria (p. 451)
- Pig bel (p. 452)
- Sexually transmitted diseases (p. 452)
- 'Swollen baby' syndrome (p. 452)
- Tropical ulcers (p. 452)
- Cancer in Papua New Guinea (p. 453)
- Typhoid fever (p. 454)
- Yaws (p. 454)
- 5 Sports and games
- Traditional sports and games (p. 455)
- String figures or 'cat's cradles' (p. 456)
- Contemporary sports (p. 456)
- Cricket (p. 459)
- South Pacific Games (p. 460)
- Origins of surfing (p. 460)
- Surfing today (p. 460)
- Pacific islanders' sporting achievements (p. 461)
- Bula (p. 461)
- John Rumet Kaputin (p. 461)
- Siteveni Rabuka (p. 461)
- Alain Lazare (p. 461)
- Peter Fatialofa (p. 461)
- Margharet Matenga (p. 461)
- Mark Pulemanu Tuinei (p. 461)
- Olo Max Brown (p. 461)
- Rita Fatialofa (p. 461)
- Willie (Viliame) Ofahengaue (p. 462)
- Va'aiga Tuigamala (p. 462)
- Paea Wolfgramm (p. 462)
- Marcus Stephen (p. 462)
- Waisale Serevi (p. 462)
- Daniel Manu (p. 462)
- Christian Lali Karembeu (p. 462)
- David Tua (p. 462)
- John (Sione) Hopoate (p. 462)
- Beatrice Faumuina (p. 463)
- Akebono (p. 463)
- Joeli Vidiri (p. 463)
- Jonah Lomu (p. 463)
- 6 Communications
- Development of telecommunications (p. 463)
- Radio broadcasting (p. 468)
- Television and video (p. 469)
- Impact of television in the Pacific islands (p. 471)
- Television development and training (p. 472)
- Newspapers (p. 473)
- Publishing (p. 474)
- Magazines (p. 476)
- Pacific Islands Monthly (p. 476)
- Islands Business (p. 476)
- Perfect Beat (p. 476)
- Foreign media (p. 478)
- Pacnews (p. 478)
- Media associations (p. 479)
- Electronic networking (p. 479)
- Internet resources (p. 480)
- 7 Culture
- 1 Culture and identity
- Culture, kastom, tradition (p. 483)
- The Pacific way (p. 486)
- The pan-Pacific person (p. 487)
- Wantok (p. 487)
- Greetings from the Pacific islands (p. 488)
- 2 Dress and decorative art
- Body decoration (bilas) in Papua New Guinea (p. 488)
- Tattooing (p. 490)
- Tattooing in Samoa (p. 491)
- Introduction of European clothing (p. 492)
- 3 Performance
- Cook Islands traditional music and dance (p. 493)
- Music and dance in French Polynesia (p. 497)
- Hawaiian hula (p. 498)
- Dance in Tokelau (p. 499)
- Samoan traditional music and dance (p. 500)
- Dance in Papua New Guinea (p. 502)
- Singsing in Papua New Guinea (p. 505)
- Tongan music and dance (p. 506)
- Clowning in the Pacific (p. 507)
- Musical instruments (p. 508)
- Festival of Pacific Arts (p. 509)
- Heiva (p. 510)
- Contemporary Pacific music (p. 511)
- Contemporary Kaneka music of New Caledonia (p. 512)
- Contemporary music of Polynesia: Cook Islands (p. 513)
- Contemporary music in Papua New Guinea (p. 514)
- Indigenous popular music in Australia (p. 515)
- 4 Literature
- Pacific identities, Pacific writing (p. 516)
- Creative literature by Pacific islanders (p. 517)
- New Zealand Maori literature: from fringe to centre (p. 517)
- Cook Islands literature (p. 518)
- Chamorro literature (p. 520)
- Contemporary writing in Fiji (p. 520)
- 'Local' writing from Hawai'i (p. 521)
- Contemporary Hawaiian literature (p. 522)
- Indigenous literature: Micronesia (p. 524)
- Samoan written and oral literature (p. 525)
- Solomon Islands literature (p. 527)
- Indigenous writing in French Polynesia (p. 528)
- Some Pacific writers (p. 530)
- Apelu Aiavao (p. 530)
- Arapera Hineira Kaa Blank (p. 530)
- Nora Vagi Brash (p. 530)
- Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe (p. 530)
- Sir Thomas (Tom) Davis (p. 531)
- Alan Duff (p. 531)
- Vincent Serei Eri (p. 531)
- Sia Figiel (p. 531)
- Florence (Johnny) Frisbie (p. 531)
- Patricia Grace (p. 531)
- Rowley Habib (p. 532)
- Epeli Hau'ofa (p. 532)
- Vilsoni Hereniko (p. 532)
- Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (p. 532)
- Witi Ihimaera (p. 532)
- Arthur Jawodimbari (p. 532)
- Jon Jonassen (p. 533)
- Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa (p. 533)
- John Kasaipwalova (p. 533)
- Kauraka Kauraka (p. 533)
- Celo Kulagoe (p. 533)
- Julian Maka'a (p. 533)
- Jully Makini (p. 533)
- Sano Malifa (p. 534)
- Sir Paulias Matane (p. 534)
- Sudesh Mishra (p. 534)
- Grace Mera Molisa (p. 534)
- Satendra Pratap Nandan (p. 534)
- Sampson Ngwele (p. 534)
- Rexford Orotaloa (p. 534)
- Ruperake Petaia (p. 535)
- Raymond Pillai (p. 535)
- Roma Potiki (p. 535)
- John Pule (p. 535)
- John Selwyn Saunana (p. 535)
- Russell Soaba (p. 535)
- Subramani (p. 535)
- Robert Sullivan (p. 535)
- Kumalau Tawali (p. 535)
- Apirana Taylor (p. 536)
- Vianney Kianteata Teabo (p. 536)
- Teresia Teaiwa (p. 536)
- Francis Tekonnang (p. 536)
- Makiufi Tongia (p. 536)
- Konaiholeva Helu Thaman (p. 536)
- Haunani-Kay Trask (p. 536)
- Hone Tuwhare (p. 536)
- Joseph C Veramu (p. 537)
- Momoe Malietoa Von Reiche (p. 537)
- Albert Wendt (p. 537)
- 5 Pacific arts
- Arts today: recent and contemporary art (p. 538)
- Documentary (non-fiction) film in the Pacific (p. 541)
- Fictional films (p. 543)
- Polynesian collections (p. 545)
- Bishop Museum (p. 546)
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre (p. 546)
- Barkcloth (p. 546)
- Mats and mat-making (p. 549)
- Quilting in Polynesia (p. 550)
- Sepik art (p. 551)
- Traditional Malanggan art (p. 552)
- Traditional island architecture (p. 553)
- Parliament House of Papua New Guinea (p. 555)
- The Centre for Hawaiian Studies (p. 555)
- 8 Island Profiles
- American Samoa (p. 559)
- Chatham Islands (p. 561)
- Cook Islands (p. 562)
- Federated States of Micronesia (p. 564)
- Fiji Islands (p. 566)
- Rotuma (p. 568)
- Flags of the Pacific Islands (p. 570)
- French Polynesia (p. 572)
- Galapagos Islands (p. 575)
- Guam (p. 576)
- Hawai'i (p. 578)
- Irian Jaya (p. 580)
- Kermadec Islands (p. 581)
- Kiribati (p. 582)
- Kiritimati (Christmas Island) (p. 584)
- Malden Island (p. 586)
- Marshall Islands (p. 586)
- Nauru (p. 588)
- New Caledonia (p. 590)
- Loyalty Islands (p. 592)
- Niue (p. 593)
- Norfolk Island (p. 594)
- Northern Mariana Islands (p. 596)
- Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands) (p. 597)
- Palau (p. 598)
- Papua New Guinea (p. 600)
- Pitcairn Islands (p. 602)
- Rapanui (Easter Island) (p. 603)
- Ryukyu Islands (p. 605)
- Samoa (p. 606)
- Solomon Islands (p. 608)
- Tokelau (p. 611)
- Tonga (p. 613)
- Torres Strait Islands (p. 616)
- Tuvalu (p. 618)
- Vanuatu (p. 620)
- Wallis and Futuna (p. 623)
- Subject Index (p. 625)
- Section Index (p. 657)