Oceania

Oceania
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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 846
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ISBN-10 : 0824810198
ISBN-13 : 9780824810191
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Book Synopsis Oceania by : Douglas L. Oliver

Download or read book Oceania written by Douglas L. Oliver and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Part 1 of the book...deals with the geography of the region and with the biological, linguistic, and archaeological evidence concerning the origins of the Oceanians and their movements into and within the region. Part 2 describes the tools and techniques by which the recent (but not yet markedly Westernized) Oceanians satisfied their basic, pan-human needs, as qualified by their many different, culturally defined, perceptions of those needs...Finally, Part 3 focuses on the varieties of social structures within which those 'technical' activities took place." -from the Prologue


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