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Endangered Peoples of Oceania Struggles to Survive and Thrive
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Judith M. Fitzpatrick
Book Code: GR0640
ISBN: 0-313-30640-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30640-2
288 pages, maps, photos, glossary
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2000
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Discount Price: $27.50 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...this well-researched book is packed with information that is unavailable elsewhere. It is an invaluable source that moves beyond its useful overview to provide the details of individual cultural struggles.
    —VOYA     April 2002
  • ...recommended for large public and all academic collections.
    —Reference & User Services Quarterly     Fall 2001
Description: Endangered Peoples of Oceania: Struggles to Survive and Thrive introduces a wide range of Pacific Islanders and indigenous and migrant cultures in Australia and New Zealand and the challenges they face today. This volume focuses on 16 endangered peoples, from Micronesians and Melanesians to Samoans in New Zealand. Students and other readers will become knowledgeable about the contemporary impacts and responses to such factors as nuclear testing, migration for jobs, uncontrolled development, and ecotourism. The chapters are written by anthropologists based on their recent fieldwork, which guarantees unparalleled accuracy and immediacy. The peoples of Oceania are struggling to be economically independent and autonomous while maintaining their distinctive cultural traditions. Each chapter in Endangered Peoples of Oceania: Struggles to Survive and Thrive is devoted to a specific people, including a cultural overview of their history, subsistence strategies, social and political organization, and religion and world view; threats to their survival; and their response to these threats. A section entitled "Food for Thought" poses questions that encourage a personal engagement with the experience of these peoples, and a resource guide suggests further reading and lists films and videos as well as pertinent organizations and web sites. As the curriculum expands to include more multicultural and indigenous peoples, this unique volume will be valuable to both students and teachers.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Aboriginal Peoples of Cape York Peninsula, Australia by David F. Martin
  • The Anuta Islanders by Richard Feinberg
  • The East Indians of Fiji by Brij V. Lal
  • The Irakia Awa of Papua New Guinea by David J. Boyd
  • The Marshall Islanders by Nancy J. Pollock
  • The Marquesas Islanders by Jane Freeman Moulin
  • The Micronesians by Glenn Petersen
  • The Nasioi of Papua New Guinea by Eugene Ogan
  • The Palauans by Karen L. Nero
  • The Peoples of Ok Tedi and Fly River, Papua New Guinea by David Hyndman
  • The Samoans in New Zealand by Cluny MacPherson
  • The South Sea Islanders of Mackay, Queensland, Australia by Clive Moore
  • The Tannese by Lamont Lindstrom
  • The Tehit of Irian Jaya, Indonesia by Leontine Visser and Jaap Timmer
  • The Torres Strait Islanders of Australia by Judith Fitzpatrick
  • The Wurundjeri of Melbourne, Australia by Lynette Russell and Ian J. McNiven
  • Glossary
  • General Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-020468
LCC Class: GN662
Dewey Class: 306
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