The geography, nature and history of the tropical Pacific and its islands. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Walter M. Goldberg.
• Authors: Goldberg, Walter M
• Contents: 1. An Introduction to Tropical Pacific Islands -- 2. Populating the Pacific.- 3. Island Exploration During the Age of Discovery.- 4. Atolls, Islands and the Political Economy of Fertilizer.- 5. The Great Pacific Exchange -- 6. The Impact of Missionaries: Their Role in Shaping Island History and Culture.- 7. Sorting and Reshuffling the Pacific Islands in War and in the Nuclear Age.- 8. Islands in the Age of Global Warming.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 919; Geography; TRAVEL -- Australia & Oceania; Geography; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Human Geography; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- Emigration & Immigration; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Society & social sciences; Human geography; Climate change; Migration, immigration & emigration; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Environment; Cultural geography; Climatic changes; Migration; Ethnology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Regional geography; Pacific Area -- Geography; Pacific Area -- History; Pacific Area; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319695327; 3319695320; 3319695312; 9783319695310
• Related ISBNs: 9783319695310
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 20, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.