Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands

Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands

Goldberg, Walter M.

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2018

214

Mole

Inglês

9783319887951

15 a 20 dias

454

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1. An Introduction to Tropical Pacific Islands.- 2.Populating the Pacific.- 3. Island Exploration During the Age of Discovery.- 4. Atolls, Islands and the Political Economy of Fertilizer.- 5. The Great Pacific Exchange.- 6.The Impact of Missionaries: Their Role in Shaping Island History and Culture.- 7. Sorting and Reshuffling the Pacific Islands in War and in the Nuclear Age.- 8. Islands in the Age of Global Warming.
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Tropical Pacific Islands;Coral reef zones;History of Pacific Island exploration;Political economy of guano and fertilizer;Native species of Pacific Islands;The role of missionaries;The Americanization of Micronesia and Polynesia;Sea level rise in the Pacific;world regional geography;climate change