New Guinea: Crossing Boundaries and History 9780824844134
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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Interpreting Melanesia
1. Environment and People: 40,000–5,000 b.p.
2. Cultural Spheres and Trade Systems: The Last 5,000 Years
3. West New Guinea and the Malay World
4. West New Guinea: European Trade and Settlement, 1520–1880
5. The Nineteenth Century: Trade, Settlement, and Missionaries
6. The Nineteenth Century: Exploration and Colonization
7. Interpreting Early Contact
8. The Twentieth Century: Colonialism and Independence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
