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HUB619 CULTURE CONTACT IN THE PACIFIC_____________________________________________________________________________ Semester 1 - 2001 Credit Points 12 points, 3 contact hours per week Status Elective Pre-requisities Nil Coordinator Dr
Max Quanchi, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Room E319, Carseldine campus Tel:
61-07-38644519 (Bus),
61-07-32177565 (AH), FAX 61-07-38644719; Email: m.quanchi@qut.com
Day, Campus Tuesdays, 9.00am-12.00pm, E125,
Carseldine ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. RATIONALE The meeting of Pacific Islanders and Europeans was
remarkable for the people of both cultures.
Both groups had to accommodate and respond to new behaviors, values and
morality, as well as new and challenging technologies, cosmologies and
socio-economic organization. These
first contact meetings began in 1513 with Balboa’s sighting of a large
“peaceful” ocean and then Magellan’s voyage across the Pacific in 1521. These
voyages and discoveries of each other, by both Pacific Islanders and Europeans,
continued through to the twentieth century. This unit builds upon the general
concepts that are central to the Humanities and Social Sciences; assumptions of
global or universal nature; the impact of western and non-western cultural
heritages; and the challenge and response of cultural changes and
continuities. The key concepts are
developed through empirical case studies as well as theoretical and
historiographic approaches. The unit is
designed to develop a keener appreciation of the multiplicity of and the
contested meanings of history. As the
central theme is an appreciation of time and place the unit relies on language,
discourse, methodologies and interpretations from the discipline of history.
Related methodologies from anthropology and other social sciences are also
applied. Related Units; HUB610 Approaches
to Asia-Pacific Studies HUB620 The Pacific
since 1945 HUB627 Australia
and the Pacific Islands HUB954 Independent
Study (by fieldwork) 2.
AIM To develop an understanding of the cultures of the peoples
of the Pacific Islands, the histories of cross-cultural encounters and the
processes by which these histories have been recorded. 3.
OBJECTIVES At the completion of the unit students should be able to; (i) describe and make generalizations
about the histories of Europe, Australia and Oceania. (ii) critically
analyze interpretations of contact between Pacific Islanders and Europeans. (iii) apply the
techniques of historical research to the
investigation of an issue (iv) argue in a
structured, informed manner about their
own culture and others 4.
ASSESSMENT There are three items of assessment. Each item is an individual submission (unless noted). All items must be submitted to gain a pass grade of “4” or better. Essays should be submitted at the Carseldine CASS office. (Submission by FAX is not acceptable). Students are advised to consult the University Rules regarding plagiarism. (a)
Seminar presentation and paper:
(30%) Lead and engage
the class in discussion on topic from seminar program. (Note; If sharing a
seminar topic with a partner, 20% is allocated to the presentation and each
student submits an additional 500 word paper summarizing the author’s
contribution to the topic, worth 10% of the grade.) Students are advised to
consult with the Lecturer regarding format and content prior to presenting. Due
in weeks 7-14 as allocated Criteria
for the student seminar presentation
N M S G H O Introduced the subject matter, topic and key elements of
debate N M S G H O Demonstrated knowledge of the topic N M S G H O Demonstrated knowledge of wider contexts and related material N M S G H O Engaged the class (through structured activity) in debate or
discussion N M S G H O Summarised the key elements N M S G H O Presented in a logical, structured and coherent manner (b)
Essay. (30%) An essay
of 2000 words on the contribution to “First contact” studies by one of the
historians listed below. The essay should analyse and compare the approach
taken in two case studies by the historian. Other works by the same historian
may be utilised. The case studies should be analysed in the context of the
wider scholarship on this field. Due Friday 27 April Len Bell, 1999, “Looking at Goldie;
face to face with ‘All ’e Same T’e Pakeha”, in N Thomas and D Losche, eds, Double Vision, Cambridge, CUP,
pp.163-192 Len Bell, 1999, “Augustus Earle’s The meeting of the artists ….” In Calder
A, Lamb J and Orr B, eds, Voyages and
beaches; Pacific encounters 1769-1840, Honolulu, UH Press, pp. 241-64 Or Ian Campbell, 1982 "Polynesian
perceptions of Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries" Pacific Studies, Vol 5, No 2, pp.64-80 Ian Campbell, 1997, “Culture
contact and Polynesian identity in the European Age” in Journal of World History, Vol 8, pp.29-55 Or David Chappell, 1994, “Secret
sharers; indigenous beachcombers in the Pacific Islands”, PS, Vol 17, No 2, pp.1-22 David Chappell, 1992,
"Shipboard relations between Pacific Island women and...”, JPH , Vol 27, No 2, pp.131-149 Or Greg Dening, 1980, “Names and
places”, in Islands and beaches;
discourse on a silent land Marquesas 1774-1880, Honolulu, UH Press, pp.9-34 Greg Dening, 1999, “The hegemony of laughter; Purea’s theatre”
in A Frost and J Samson, eds, Pacific empires;
essays in honour of Glyndwr Williams, Melbourne, MUP, pp.127-46 Or Robin Fisher, 1979, ”Cook and the
Nootka”, in R Fisher and H Johnston, eds, Captain
James Cook and his times, Canberra, ANU Press, pp.81-98 Robin Fisher, 1999, “Vancouver’s
vision of native peoples; the northwest coast and Hawaii” in A Frost and J
Samson, eds, Pacific empires; essays in
honour of Glyndwr Williams, Melbourne, MUP, pp.147-64 Or Jane Samson, 1998, “White savages” in Imperial benevolence; Making British authority in the Pacific Islands, Honolulu,
UH Press, pp.24-41 Jane Samson, 1999, “An empire of
science; The voyage of The Herald 1845-1851”
in A Frost and J Samson, eds, Pacific
empires; essays in honour of Glyndwr Williams, Melbourne, MUP, pp.69-86 Or Anne Salmon, 1991, “Marion de
Fresne in the Bay of Islands” in Two
worlds; first meetings between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772, Auckland,
Viking, pp.359-430 Anne Salmon, 1997, “Tamatea (Dusky
Sound)”, in Between worlds; early
meetings between Maori and Europeans 1773-1815, Auckland, Viking, pp.45-64 Or Bernard Smith, 1992, “Portraying
Pacific peoples”, in Imagining the
Pacific; In the wake of Cook’s voyages, MUP, Melbourne pp.77-110 Bernard Smith, 1992, “Constructing Pacific peoples” in Imagining
the Pacific; In the wake of Cook’s voyages, MUP, Melbourne, pp.193-212 Or Nicholas Thomas, 1989, “The indigenous appropriation of
European things” in Entangled objects;
exchange, material culture and colonialism in the Pacific, Harvard Uni
Press, Cambridge pp.83-124
Nicolas Thomas, “Liberty and
license; the Forster’s accounts of New Zealand sociality” in Calder A, Lamb J
and Orr B, eds, Voyages and beaches;
Pacific encounters 1769-1840, Honolulu, UH Press, pp.132-55 Criteria
for the Essay
N M S G H O Identify the subject matter, topic and key elements of
debate N M S G H O Relate topic to wider historical contexts,
events and themes N M S G H O Demonstrated knowledge of the topic N M S G H O Identify the historians’ sources, views and conclusions N M S G H O Conclude by offering a personal response
and summarising the topic N M S G H O Respond in logical, structured and
coherent manner N S Apply appropriate referencing and
bibliography (c)
Examination; (40%) Two questions of equal value (a summative essay on “contact
histories” and a critical analysis of an unsighted first contact account.)
Three hours. Examination period The standard QUT allocation of percentage grades for each
level from 1 – 7 is applied. Code to symbols N Unsatisfactory M
Unsatisfactory -minimal performance S Satisfactory performance G Satisfactory- good performance H Satisfactory- very good O Satisfactory- outstanding performance 5.
Texts (both available QUT Bookshop,
Carseldine) Borofsky Robert,
1999, ed, Remembrance of Pacific pasts;
an invitation to remake history, Honolulu, UH Press HUB610 Culture Contact; Readings 1/2001 6
REFERENCES and general reading on "First
Contact" Adams R, 1992,
"European discovery or multiple discoveries" in Quanchi M and Adams R
(eds) Culture contact in the Pacific,
Melbourne, CUP (Chps 3 and 4) Altman I and Butler
R, 1994, “The contact of cultures; perspectives on the Quincentenary” (of
Columbus in the Americas in1492), American
Historical Review, April 1994, pp.478-503 Anderson A, 1998, The
welcome of strangers ; an ethnohistory of Southern Maori AD 1650-1850,
Dunedin, University of Otago Press Babich J, 1996, Making peoples; a history of the New
Zealanders from Polynesian settlement to the end of the Nineteenth Century, Honolulu,
University of Hawaii Press (Chps 5, 6 and 7) Barber IG, 1999, “Early
European contact and understanding ... the Grass Cove conflict” in Calder A,
Lamb J and Orr B, eds, 1999, Voyages and
beaches; Pacific encounters 1769-1840, UH Press, Honolulu pp.156-79 Bell L, 1992, Colonial constructs; European images of
Maori 1840-1914, Auckland Uni Press, Auckland Bell, L, 1999,
“Looking at Goldie; face to face with ‘All ’e Same T’e Pakeha”, in N Thomas and
D Losche, eds, Double Vision,
Cambridge, CUP, pp.163-192 Bell, L, 1999, “Augustus
Earle’s The meeting of the artists ….”
In Calder A, Lamb J and Orr B, eds, Voyages
and beaches; Pacific encounters 1769-1840, Honolulu, UH Press Bitterli U, 1986/1993, Cultures in conflict; encounters between
European and non-European cultures 1492-1800 Cambridge , Polity Press
(Chp 7) Blackburn J, 1979, The
white men; The first response of
aboriginal peoples to the coming of
the white man London, Times
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to remake history, Honolulu, UH Press (See Section 2, Chps 5-7 on “The
dynamic of contact”) Borofsky R, 1999,”Cook,
Lono, Obeyesekere and Sahlins” in , Remembrance
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pp.420-42 Borsboom AD, (1988),
“The savage in European social thought; a prelude to the conceptualization of
the divergent peoples and cultures of Australia and Oceania”, Bijdragentot de Taal-land-en Volkenkunde,
Vol 144, pp.419-32 Calder A, Lamb J and Orr
B, eds, 1999, “Introduction; postcoloniality and the Pacific” in Voyages and beaches; Pacific encounters
1769-1840, UH Press, Honolulu pp.1-24 Calder A, 1996, The
temptations of William Pascoe Crook; an experience of cultural difference in
the Marquesas”, JPH, Vol 31, No 2, pp.144-61 Campbell IC, 1985, “Race
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No 2, PP.61-80 Campbell IC (1982)
"Polynesian perceptions of Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries" Pacific Studies, Vol 5/2 pp.64-80 Campbell IC (1980)
"Savages noble and ignoble; the preconceptions of early European voyagers
in Polynesia" Pacific Studies Vol 4/1 pp.45-59 Campbell IC (1990) A history of the Pacific Islands, Brisbane,
University of Queensland Press (See
Chapter 3) Campbell IC (1994)
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of World History, Vol 8, pp.29-55 Campbell IC, Gone native in Polynesia, Westport,
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"Active agents versus passive victims; decolonized historiography or
problematic paradigm ?" Contemporary
Pacific, Vol 7/2 pp.303-26 Chappell DA, (1994),
“Secret sharers; indigenous beachcombers in the Pacific Islands”, PS, Vol 17/2, pp.1-22 Chappell DA, (1992),
"Shipboard relations between Pacific Island women and...”, JPH , Vol 27, No 2, pp.131-149 Clifford J, 1997,
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pp.203-919 Davis M, (1992)
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pp.49-59 Daws G, (1973), “Looking
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Islanders, CUP, Melbourne Dobyns HF, 1994, “The
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ethno-historical text; science, representation and indigenous presence in 18th
and 19th century oceanic voyaging literature” in Thomas N and Losche D, 1999,
eds, Double vision; art histories and
colonial histories in the Pacific, CUP, Melbourne pp.65-102 Douglas B, (1989)
“Varieties of academic discourse; ethnography and ethnographic history”,
Unpublished paper, 8th PHA Conference, Carseldine Campus QUT, Brisbane Fagan BM, 1996, Clash
of cultures, London, Altamira Press Eisler W, 1995, The furthest shore; Images of Terra
Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook, CUP, Melbourne Eiusler W and Smith B,
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other one-third of the globe” Journal of
World History, Vol 5/2, pp.273-98 Fischer SR, 1993, “The
calling of the HMS Seringapatam at
Rapanui...” Pacific Studies, Vol 16,
No 1, pp.67-84 Fisher, R, 1979,
”Cook and the Nootka”, in R Fisher and H Johnston, eds, Captain James Cook and his times, Canberra, ANU Press, pp.81-98 Fisher, R, 1999,
“Vancouver’s vision of native peoples; the northwest coast and Hawaii” in A
Frost and J Samson, eds, Pacific empires;
essays in honour of Glyndwr Williams, Melbourne, MUP, pp.147-64 Frost A and Samson
J, eds, Pacific empires; essays in honour
of Glyndwr Williams, Melbourne, MUP, pp.147-64 Greenblatt S,
1991, Marvellous possessions; the wonder
of the new world, Clarendon, OUP Hanlon D, 1984, “God
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and Unwin Lacey R (1992) “Meeting
strangers; Early encounters between Islanders and Intruders in the Pacific - a
comparative exploration”, Unpublished paper, 10th PHA Conference, University of
Canterbury, Christchurch (LAC) Langdon R, (1992) "
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Pentecost murders; an episode in Condominium non-rule, New Hebrides 1940”,
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“Ignoble savages and other visitors...” JPH,
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Robert Brown, Brisbane Thomas N and Losche D,
1999, eds, Double vision; art histories
and colonial histories in the Pacific, CUP, Melbourne Thomas N, 1997, In Oceania; visions, artifacts, histories,
Duke University Press, (See Chps 3-6) Thomas N, 1989, “The
indigenous appropriation of European things” in Entangled objects; exchange, material culture and colonialism in the
Pacific, Harvard Uni Press, Cambridge pp.83-124 Thompson C, 1997, “A
dangerous people whose only occupation is war; Maori and pakeha in 19th century New Zealand”, JPH, Vol 31, No 1, pp.109-19 Washbrook, DA, 1999,
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“First contact Mission narratives from Eastern New Guinea” JPH, Vol 33, No 1, pp.111-16 White G, 1991, “First
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pp.19-29) Williams G, (1982), ‘Enlarging the sphere of contemplation; the exploration of the Pacific 1760-1800” in Marshall PJ and Williams G, The great map of mankind, Dent, London, pp.258-98 7. TUTORIAL READINGS No 1 Kerry
Howe, 1984, Where the waves fall, Chp 16 ,
“Considering the new historiography” 1. Why
does Howe include the following people in his chapter on the “modern” writing
of history in the Pacific ? Balboa George
Forster Cook,
Bligh and Vancouver Denis
Diderot Otto
von Kutzebue Herman
Melville Darwin Stevenson,
Pitt-Rivers and Malinowski JC
Furnas and DL Oliver Alan
Morehead Norma
Macarthur Mead,
Firth, Hogbin and Belshaw JW
Davison 2. What was the “inevitable process” up to
1900 that some historians have described ? 3. What did the overview approach of
Imperial historians fail to question or overlook ? 4. What
is acculturation ? 5 Why
does Howe claim that,” a history of culture contact can no longer be
interpreted in terms of European imperatives?” Tutorial
Readings No 2 Greg
Dening, 1986, "Possessing Tahiti" Anthropology
in Oceania, Vol 21, pp.103-18 1. Why
does Dening feel that the Bastille day Arahu
Rahu ceremonies are
"meaningless empty actions" ? 2 What does the phrase mean;
"Tahitian politics turned around the feather girdle"? 3 What is the difference between mnemonic and hieroglyphic ? 4 What were the maro tea and the maro ura ? 5 What were the taputapuatea ? 6 Why was the tuft of Richard Skinner's
hair woven into the girlde ? 7 In
what ways was the mare at Tarahopi a
"museum of their contact with the European stranger "? 8 Why
does Dening claim the Tahitians meeting at Matavai Bay was a "coordinated
and dramaticised reception"? 9 Why does Dening claim that the Dolphin's arrival at Matavai Bay was
"true to the myth"? 10 How did Wallis and Furneaux "make
history"? 11 What was the symbolism of the ta'ata meia roa ? 12 Why was Hawkesworth's Voyages.... so widely criticised ? 13 What were the five "sexual
incidents" that attracted interest and debate ? 14 Why
does Dening agree with the advertisement that claimed Omai a trip around the world was
a "school for the history of man" ? 15 Why does Dening call the history of the
maro ura a "colligation"? Tutorial
Reading No 3 Chappell DA (1995) "Active agents versus
passive victims; decolonized historiography or problematic
paradigm ?" The
Contemporary Pacific,
Vol 7, No 2, pp.303-26 1 What is a dominant paradigm - give
three examples from Chappell’s essay. 2 What four examples does Chappell use
to show the “gift of agency” ? 3 What does Vilisoni Hereniko mean when
he says “lingering hegemony”? 4 What is the “victim image” ? 5 What is the “victim-turned-agent”
dialectic ? 6 What does Chappell mean by saying “victimhood can be provocatively
empowering”? 7 In Samoa was Tupua Tamesese Leolofi
III an agent or a victim ? 8 Why does Chappell doubt the “binary
agent-victim construct” ? 9 What
evidence does Chappell offer to support his conclusion that “agents and victims
are not mutually exclusive categories”? 10 What does Chappell mean when he asks
for a “middle ground of interpretation”? Tutorial reading No 4 Campbell IC,
“European-Polynesian encounters; a critique of the Pearson thesis”, JPH, Vol
29, No 2, pp.221-31 1
How does Campbell support his claim for the “ambivalence of historiographical
interpretations” of early contacts ? 2 Why did a swing towards an idealist
model occur ? 3 Why did a a swing towards materialist
interpretations occur ? 4 In
Pearson’s three responses, what were the common characteristics of contact
relationships ? 5 Why is “ceremony” the key concept in
Pearson’s theory on responses ? 6 What are the characteristics of
conscious and deliberate “theft” ? 7 What are the characteristics of
“legitimate appropriation” ? 8 What are the characteristics of taking an item due to “curiosity” ? 9 What
are the characteristics of taking an item as an exercise of “traditional
rights” (on a stranger’s property) ? 10 Which side of the debate does the
evidence from indigenous sources support ? 11
What does Campbell mean when he describes early contacts as being characterised
by “untypical restraint” ? 12 Why
does Campbell place the following phrase in italics (p.231) - “and which were practicised only in contact situations” ? 13 Campbell
suggests a new paradigm - a third culture
of language, universalities and set of behaviour. How does this support his
claim for collaboration rather than confrontation in early contacts ? 8 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS The
reading listed for each topic indicates the general thrust of the issue to be
investigated in the seminar. The general references above should also be
consulted. Note; In addition to the
listed reference, your seminar must demonstrate wider reading, that is, breadth and depth of reading on the topic. For
all topics, students should consult
recent issues of the Journal
of Pacific History (JPH)
JPH Annual Bibliography,
The
Contemporary Pacific
(TCP) ISLA, Pacific
Studies.(PS) Also
consult CR Moore (1992) Pacific History
Journal Bibiography for an author
index to sixteen of the main journals covering Pacific history (up to 1991). In the
seminar you need to address the following questions; i. What are the author's main assertions
regarding the history of this event? iii What documents, archives, sources or
literature does the author rely on ? iv What
is the author's contribution to historiographic debates on the writing of
contact histories of the Pacific
? v. How can I engage the class in a
discussion of these questions ? vi What is my opinion on the author's
evidence, assertions and interpretation ? Seminar
topics/authors 1 Williams G, 1999, “To make discoveries of
countries hitherto unknown …., in Frost A and Samson J, eds, Pacific empires; essays in honour of Glyndwr
Williams, Melbourne, MUP, pp.13-322 2 Calder A, 1996, The temptations of
William Pascoe Crook; an experience of cultural difference in the Marquesas”, JPH,
Vol 31, No 2, pp.144-61 3 Barber IG, 1999, “Early European contact
and understanding ... the Grass Cove conflict” in Calder A, Lamb J and Orr B,
eds, 1999, Voyages and beaches; Pacific
encounters 1769-1840, UH Press, Honolulu pp.156-79 4 Morgan A, 1996, "Mystery in the eye
of the beholder; cross-cultural encounters on 19th century Yap" JPH,
Vol 31, No 1, pp.27-41 5 Fischer SR, 1993, “The calling of the HMS Seringapatam at Rapanui...” Pacific Studies, Vol 16, No 1, pp.67-84 6 Richards R, (1990), “Indigenous
beachcombers; the case of Tapeooe a Tahitian traveller from 1798 to 1812”, Great Circle, Vol 13/1, pp.1-13 7 Ploeg A, 1995, "First contact, in
the highlands of Irian Jaya" JPH, Vol 30, No 2, pp.227-39 8 Hanlon D, 1984, “God versus Gods ; the
first years ...” JPH, Vol 19, No 1-2,
pp.41-59 9 Linnikin J, 1991, “Ignoble savages and
other visitors...” JPH, Vol 26, No 1,
p.3-26 10 Poyer L, 1993, “The massacre and its
meaning” in The Ngatik massacre; history
and identity on a Micronesian island, Smithsonian Institute Press,
Washington, pp.55-76 11 Moore C, (1991), “The life and death of
William Bairstow Ingham; PNG in the 1870s” JRHSQ,
Vol 14/10, pp.393-432 12 Schutte H, 1991, “Stori bilong wanpela man nem bilong Toboalilu; the death of Godeffroy’s
Kleinschmidt and the perception of history”, Pacific Studies, Vol 14, No 3, pp.69-96 13 Henningham S, (1994), “The best specimens in
all our colonial domains; New Caledonian Melanesians in Europe 1931-32”, JPH, Vol 29/2, pp.172-87 14 Kituai A, 1999, “The role of the patrol
officer in Papua New Guinea” in My gun,
my brother; the world of the Papua New Guinea colonial police 1920-1960, UH
Honolulu pp.19-41 9
Lecture, Tutorial and Student seminar schedule
HUB 619 CULTURE CONTACT IN THE PACIFIC
ISLANDS Student seminar presentations 1/2001 DATE READING PRESENTER
1 PRESENTER 2 ____________________________________________________________________________________ APR 03 1. WILLIAMS
_______________________________________________________________________ 2.
CALDER ____________________________________________________________________________________ APR 10 3.
BARBER _______________________________________________________________________ 4
MORGAN University vacation (Easter) APR 24 5.
FISCHER _______________________________________________________________________ 6.
RICHARDS ____________________________________________________________________________________ MAY 01 7.
PLOEG _______________________________________________________________________ 8.
HANLON ____________________________________________________________________________________ MAY 08 9. LINNIKIN _______________________________________________________________________ 10. POYER ____________________________________________________________________________________ MAY 15 11. MOORE _______________________________________________________________________ 12
SCHUTTE MAY 22 13
HENNINGHAM _______________________________________________________________________ 14
KITUAI ____________________________________________________________________________________ READINGSCONTENTS Howe KR, 1984, “considering the new historiography” in Where the waves fall, Sydney, Allen and Unwin Dening G, 1986, “Possessing Tahiti”, Anthropology in Oceania, Vol 21, pp.103-18 Campbell IC, 1994, “European-Polynesian encounter; a critique of the Pearson thesis”, JPH, Vol 29, No 2, pp.222-31 Chappell D, 1995, “Active agents versus passive victims; decolonised historiography or problematic paradigm”, The Contemporary Pacific, Vol 7, No 2, pp.302-326 ________________________________________________________________________ Calder A, Lamb J and Orr B, eds, 1999, “Introduction; postcoloniality and the Pacific” in Voyages and beaches; Pacific encounters 1769-1840, UH Press, Honolulu pp.1-24 Dobyns HF, 1994, “The clash of cultures” in Burenhult G, ed, New world and Pacific Civilizations, Harper, San Francisco pp.209-70 Meleisea M and Schoeffel P, 1996, “Discovering outsiders” in Denoon D, ed, 1996, The Cambridge history of the Pacific Islanders, CUP, Melbourne pp.119-51 Salmon A. 1992, “Surville in Tokerau (Doubtless Bay)” in Two worlds; First meetings betwen Maori and Europeans 1642- 1772, Auckland , Viking/Penguin pp.299-356 Altman I and Butler R, 1994, “The contact of cultures; perspectives on the Quincentenary” American Historical Review, April 1994, pp.478-503 __________________________________________________________ oceania | academic
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