Nature, Culture, and History
| Author | : K. R. Howe |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2000-03-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 082482329X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780824823290 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (290 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Nature, Culture, and History by : K. R. Howe
Download or read book Nature, Culture, and History written by K. R. Howe and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the changing ways in which Pacific Islanders have been seen and represented by outsiders over the last 200 years. The Pacific Islands has been a testing ground for various Western ideas and ideologies and the author looks at this long intellectual history as an artifact of the Western imagination. Of particular concern is to see how concepts of nature, culture and history have defined Western perceptions of Pacific Islanders.
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