Author: Rachael Morlock
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1725321483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Australia and the Pacific Realm is a region that comprises thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, from tiny atolls to the world's smallest continent. The histories of area governments are as distinct as the many island countries that exist in this region. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Australia and the Pacific Realm. Fact-filled sidebars, beautiful photographs, and primary sources help readers connect with this region and its place in the larger world.
The History and Government of Australia and the Pacific Realm
Author: Rachael Morlock
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1725321483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Australia and the Pacific Realm is a region that comprises thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, from tiny atolls to the world's smallest continent. The histories of area governments are as distinct as the many island countries that exist in this region. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Australia and the Pacific Realm. Fact-filled sidebars, beautiful photographs, and primary sources help readers connect with this region and its place in the larger world.
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1725321483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Australia and the Pacific Realm is a region that comprises thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, from tiny atolls to the world's smallest continent. The histories of area governments are as distinct as the many island countries that exist in this region. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Australia and the Pacific Realm. Fact-filled sidebars, beautiful photographs, and primary sources help readers connect with this region and its place in the larger world.
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The History and Government of Australia and the Pacific Realm
Author: Rachael Morlock
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1725321505
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Australia and the Pacific Realm is a region that comprises thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, from tiny atolls to the world's smallest continent. The histories of area governments are as distinct as the many island countries that exist in this region. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Australia and the Pacific Realm. Fact-filled sidebars, beautiful photographs, and primary sources help readers connect with this region and its place in the larger world.
Publisher: 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN: 1725321505
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Australia and the Pacific Realm is a region that comprises thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean, from tiny atolls to the world's smallest continent. The histories of area governments are as distinct as the many island countries that exist in this region. This book explores the historical events, movements, and people who have shaped the region of Australia and the Pacific Realm. Fact-filled sidebars, beautiful photographs, and primary sources help readers connect with this region and its place in the larger world.
Australia: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Kenneth Morgan
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191633453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features of its history, geography, and culture since the beginning of the white settlement in New South Wales in 1788. Drawing attention to the distinctive features of Australian life he places contemporary developments in a historical perspective, highlighting the importance of Australia's indigenous culture and making connections between Australia and the wider word. Balancing the successful growth of Australian institutions and democratic traditions, he considers the struggles that occurred in the making of modern Australia. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191633453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features of its history, geography, and culture since the beginning of the white settlement in New South Wales in 1788. Drawing attention to the distinctive features of Australian life he places contemporary developments in a historical perspective, highlighting the importance of Australia's indigenous culture and making connections between Australia and the wider word. Balancing the successful growth of Australian institutions and democratic traditions, he considers the struggles that occurred in the making of modern Australia. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Oxford Handbook of World History
Author: the late Jerry H. Bentley
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199235813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Thirty-three essays by a stellar collection of distinguished scholars in the field of world history, providing a comprehensive guide to current scholarship and current thinking in one of the most dynamic fields of historical scholarship
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199235813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Thirty-three essays by a stellar collection of distinguished scholars in the field of world history, providing a comprehensive guide to current scholarship and current thinking in one of the most dynamic fields of historical scholarship
France in the South Pacific
Author: Denise Fisher
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1922144959
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
France is a Pacific power, with three territories, a military presence, and extensive investments. Once seen by many as a colonial interloper in the South Pacific, by the early 2000s, after it ended nuclear testing in French Polynesia and negotiated transitional Accords responding to independence demands in New Caledonia, France seems to have become generally accepted as a regional partner, even if its efforts concentrate on its own territories rather than the independent island states. But Frances future in the region has yet to be secured. By 2014 it is to have handed over a set of agreed autonomies to the New Caledonian government, before an independence referendum process begins. Past experience suggests that a final resolution of the status of New Caledonia will be divisive and could lead once again to violent confrontations. In French Polynesia, calls continue for independence and for treatment under UN decolonisation procedures, which France opposes. Other island leaders are watching, so far putting faith in the Noumea Accord, but wary of the final stages. The issues and possible solutions are more complex than the French Pacific island population of 515,000 would suggest. Combining historical background with political and economic analysis, this comprehensive study offers vital insight into the intricate history -- and problematic future -- of several of Australias key neighbours in the Pacific and to the priorities and options of the European country that still rules them. It is aimed at policy-makers, scholars, journalists, businesspeople, and others who want to familiarise themselves with the issues as Frances role in the region is redefined in the years to come.
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1922144959
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
France is a Pacific power, with three territories, a military presence, and extensive investments. Once seen by many as a colonial interloper in the South Pacific, by the early 2000s, after it ended nuclear testing in French Polynesia and negotiated transitional Accords responding to independence demands in New Caledonia, France seems to have become generally accepted as a regional partner, even if its efforts concentrate on its own territories rather than the independent island states. But Frances future in the region has yet to be secured. By 2014 it is to have handed over a set of agreed autonomies to the New Caledonian government, before an independence referendum process begins. Past experience suggests that a final resolution of the status of New Caledonia will be divisive and could lead once again to violent confrontations. In French Polynesia, calls continue for independence and for treatment under UN decolonisation procedures, which France opposes. Other island leaders are watching, so far putting faith in the Noumea Accord, but wary of the final stages. The issues and possible solutions are more complex than the French Pacific island population of 515,000 would suggest. Combining historical background with political and economic analysis, this comprehensive study offers vital insight into the intricate history -- and problematic future -- of several of Australias key neighbours in the Pacific and to the priorities and options of the European country that still rules them. It is aimed at policy-makers, scholars, journalists, businesspeople, and others who want to familiarise themselves with the issues as Frances role in the region is redefined in the years to come.
Pacific Worlds
Author: Matt K. Matsuda
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521887631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521887631
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.
The China Alternative
Author: Graeme Smith
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760464171
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
In this collection, 17 leading scholars based in Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and China analyse key dimensions of the changing relationship between China and the Pacific Islands and explore the strategic, economic and diplomatic implications for regional actors. The China Alternative includes chapters on growing great power competition in the region, as well as the response to China’s rise by the US and its Western allies and the island countries themselves. Other chapters examine key dimensions of China’s Pacific engagement, including Beijing’s programs of aid and diplomacy, as well as the massive investments of the Belt and Road Initiative. The impact of China’s rivalry for recognition with Taiwan is examined, and several chapters analyse Chinese communities in the Pacific, and their relationships with local societies. The China Alternative provides ample material for informed judgements about the ability of island leaders to maintain their agency in the changing regional order, as well as other issues of significance to the peoples of the region. ‘China’s “discovery” of the diverse Pacific islands, intriguingly resonant of the era of European explorers, is impacting on this too-long-overlooked region through multiple currents that this important book guides us through.’ —Rowan Callick, Griffith University ‘The China Alternative is a must-read for all students and practitioners interested in understanding the new geopolitics of the Pacific. It assembles a stellar cast of Pacific scholars to deeply explore the impact of the changing role of China on the Pacific islands region. Significantly, it also puts the Pacific island states at the centre of this analysis by questioning the collective agency they might have in this rapidly evolving strategic context.’ —Greg Fry, The Australian National University
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760464171
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
In this collection, 17 leading scholars based in Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and China analyse key dimensions of the changing relationship between China and the Pacific Islands and explore the strategic, economic and diplomatic implications for regional actors. The China Alternative includes chapters on growing great power competition in the region, as well as the response to China’s rise by the US and its Western allies and the island countries themselves. Other chapters examine key dimensions of China’s Pacific engagement, including Beijing’s programs of aid and diplomacy, as well as the massive investments of the Belt and Road Initiative. The impact of China’s rivalry for recognition with Taiwan is examined, and several chapters analyse Chinese communities in the Pacific, and their relationships with local societies. The China Alternative provides ample material for informed judgements about the ability of island leaders to maintain their agency in the changing regional order, as well as other issues of significance to the peoples of the region. ‘China’s “discovery” of the diverse Pacific islands, intriguingly resonant of the era of European explorers, is impacting on this too-long-overlooked region through multiple currents that this important book guides us through.’ —Rowan Callick, Griffith University ‘The China Alternative is a must-read for all students and practitioners interested in understanding the new geopolitics of the Pacific. It assembles a stellar cast of Pacific scholars to deeply explore the impact of the changing role of China on the Pacific islands region. Significantly, it also puts the Pacific island states at the centre of this analysis by questioning the collective agency they might have in this rapidly evolving strategic context.’ —Greg Fry, The Australian National University
Pacific Ways
Author: Stephen Levine
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 1776560264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Examining the politics of each Pacific Island state and territory, this well-researched volume discusses historical background and colonial experience, constitutional framework, political institutions, political parties, elections and electoral systems, and problems and prospects. Pacific Island countries and territories included are the original seven member states—New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru, and the Cook Islands—along with all the new member states and organizations. A wide-ranging political survey, this comprehensive and completely up to date reference will appeal to Pacific peoples and anyone with an interest in politics.
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 1776560264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Examining the politics of each Pacific Island state and territory, this well-researched volume discusses historical background and colonial experience, constitutional framework, political institutions, political parties, elections and electoral systems, and problems and prospects. Pacific Island countries and territories included are the original seven member states—New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Nauru, and the Cook Islands—along with all the new member states and organizations. A wide-ranging political survey, this comprehensive and completely up to date reference will appeal to Pacific peoples and anyone with an interest in politics.
The Geopolitical Power Shift in the Indo-Pacific Region
Author: Randall Doyle
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739139266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
As the twenty-first century progresses, the Indo-Pacific theater is experiencing an unprecedented transformation involving economic development, military build-ups, political reforms, social changes, and technological advancements. The region now reflects a multitude of geopolitical challenges, factors, and complicated realities. Although America is still recognized as the most powerful force in the Indo-Pacific region, the challenge to America’s hegemonic role is quite real and unrelenting. The ongoing global financial crisis has left a changed world with unanswered questions in its wake. Is America’s post-WWII dominance of the Indo-Pacific region finally coming to an end? Can the United States and China work together to manage the region’s hegemonic responsibilities? In The Geopolitical Power Shift in the Indo-Pacific Region, Randall Doyle provides analysis and insights on the transformational changes and the epochal history unfolding in this part of the world and America’s increasingly precarious political and economic position.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739139266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
As the twenty-first century progresses, the Indo-Pacific theater is experiencing an unprecedented transformation involving economic development, military build-ups, political reforms, social changes, and technological advancements. The region now reflects a multitude of geopolitical challenges, factors, and complicated realities. Although America is still recognized as the most powerful force in the Indo-Pacific region, the challenge to America’s hegemonic role is quite real and unrelenting. The ongoing global financial crisis has left a changed world with unanswered questions in its wake. Is America’s post-WWII dominance of the Indo-Pacific region finally coming to an end? Can the United States and China work together to manage the region’s hegemonic responsibilities? In The Geopolitical Power Shift in the Indo-Pacific Region, Randall Doyle provides analysis and insights on the transformational changes and the epochal history unfolding in this part of the world and America’s increasingly precarious political and economic position.