Title:
Texts and contexts : reflections in Pacific Islands historiography
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Doug Munro and Brij V. Lal.
Publication Information:
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2006.
Physical Description:
264 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780824829421
Abstract:
"Texts and Contexts is concerned with the development of Pacific Islands history as a specialization in its own right. Specifically, this volume examines the foundational texts that pioneered and consolidated the new subdiscipline and served as the building blocks and stepping stone for further developments in the field. The earliest text put under the microscope is Ralph Kuykendall's first volume of The Hawaiian Kingdom (1938) and the most recent is Bernard Smith's Imagining the Pacific (1992). Thirty-three other texts, all of which represent defining points in the development of Pacific Islands historiography, are examined."--Jacket.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The text in its context : an introduction / Brij V. Lal and Doug Munro -- pt. 1. General/regional -- 1. Fatal choices? Morrell's and Scarr's imperial histories / Jane Samson -- 2. On Douglas Oliver's The pacific islands / Doug Munro -- 3. Oskar Spate's trilogy / Glyndwr Williams -- 4. Where the waves fall--or, playing the generalist game / Doug Munro -- pt. 2. Methodologies -- 5. Voyagers and navigators : the Sharp-Lewis debate / K.R. Howe -- 6. The evolution of Marshall Sahlins / Michael Goldsmith -- 7. Revisioning the Pacific : Bernard Smith in the south seas / Tom Ryan -- 8. More celebrated than read : the work of Norma McArthur / I.C. Campbell -- 9. Two Pacific biographies : Hubert Murray and Father Damien / Francis West -- pt. 3. Activities -- 10. The missionary position : messengers of grace and The works of Ta'unga / Hugh Laracy -- 11. Of islands and sandalwood : Shineberg, Maude, and the hidden history of trade / Bronwen Douglas and Doug Munro -- 12. Unsettling New Zealand history : the revisionism of Sinclair and Ward / Vincent O'Malley -- 13. Passage across the sea: indentured labor to Fiji and from the Solomons / Brij V. Lal -- 14. Trumpet and road : two classic cargo texts / Lamont Lindstrom -- pt. 4. Island groups -- 15. Living in archives and dreams : the histories of Kuykendall and Daws / Jonathan K. Osorio -- 16. On Hezel's The first taint of civilization / David Hanlon -- 17. On Greg Dening's Islands and beaches / Ivan Brady -- 18. Disentangling Samoan history : the contributions of Gilson and Davidson / Doug Munro -- 19. The last unknown : Gavin Souter and the historiography of New Guinea / Chris Ballard -- Contributors -- Index.