Excerpt from Melanesians and Polynesians: Their Life-Histories Described and Compared MY acquaintance with the natives of the East and West Pacific extends over

Offers a fresh understanding of the global connectivity of struggles against colonial rule.

From their earliest encounters with Indigenous Pacific Islanders, white Europeans and Americans asserted an identification with the racial origins of Polynesian

Provides a background in Pacific geography, culture, and history, plus an overview of the different Pacific island groups.

Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the Pacific Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people. --am