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The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, Third Edition

The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, Third Edition

Rapaport, Moshe
Ahlburg, Dennis A.
Camacho, Dakota

Paperback

Australia & OceaniaEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0824899598
ISBN13: 9780824899592
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: Apr 30 2026
Pages: 448
Weight: 2.68
Height: 1.27 Width: 8.51 Depth: 10.95
Language: English

The exploration and settlement of the Pacific Island world is one of the most remarkable achievements of humanity. Early seafarers, skilled in navigation, discovered diverse habitats and biotas extending across a third of the globe. In this sea of islands, they established thriving communities where they lived for thousands of years. Today, although island ecosystems and cultures are facing great change, Pacific Island peoples remain resilient.

This new edition of a popular text reviews the diverse landforms, climates, ecosystems, societies, and cultures of the Pacific region. Seventy-five contributors--including numerous Indigenous scholars--address two key themes: (1) environmental dilemmas and possibilities, and (2) demographic, economic, and political challenges facing the people of the region.

New chapters highlight hydrology, ecosystem disturbance, conservation, Indigenous origins and activism, social media, ethnography, kava, contemporary dance, theater, and the cultural impact of globalization.

Other noteworthy chapters are significantly updated: biogeographical dynamics, prehistory of Near and Remote Oceania, fisheries and aquaculture, the fluidity of gender, mobility and urbanization, tourism as encounter, island economies, shifts in literary trends, Pacific music, water and development, and a new overview of land, marine, and water tenure.

The book concludes with a reflective essay. Pacific Island societies have been coping with environmental and demographic challenges for millennia; surviving societies have much to teach us about sustainable living, social justice, and reconciliation.

Policy makers, educators, students, and the general public will find this book an indispensable resource for understanding the region's past, present, and future.

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