Center for Pacific Island Studies

south sea books

The South Sea Books featured titles of general interest and broad appeal. Five titles appeared in this series, which has now merged with Pacific Islands Monograph Series. All except Lee Boo of Belau andThe Tree and the Canoe are now out of print:

Lee Boo of Belau: A Prince in London, by Daniel J Peacock (reissued 2007)
Nuclear Playground, by Stewart Firth (1987)
France and the South Pacific: A Contemporary History, by Stephen Henningham (1992)
Cargo Cult: Strange Stories of Desire from Melanesia and Beyond, by Lamont Lindstrom (1993)
The Tree and The Canoe: History and Ethnogeography of Tanna, by Joël Bonnemaison; originally published as La dernière île (Paris: ARLEA/ORSTOM, 1986), translated and adapted by José Pénot-Demetry (1994)

To order Lee Boo of Belau or The Tree and The Canoe, contact the Marketing Department, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2840 Kolowalu Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822; telephone (808) 956-8697; fax (808) 988-6052; or toll-free in the United States/Canada only, telephone (800) 956-2840; fax (800) 650-7811; e-mail uhpmkt@hawaii.edu; or consult the UH Press Web site.