Grass Huts And Warehouses: Pacific Beach Communities Of The Nineteenth Century by Caroline Ralston

From the examination of the political, economic and social developments of five small port towns - Honolulu, Papeete, Kororareka, Levuka and Apia - the picture that emerges falls short of paradise. jealousies, petty quarrels, political manoeuverings, followed the early settlers to their island havens. This book exmines the shifts in community power, the development of trade and commerce, race relations and daily life in the five towns before formal Western control was imposed.

Publisher:	Australian National University
Year:	1977
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	0708106560
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	DJ; Signed. Slight wear to DJ along cover, tear along fore-edge. Author's inscription on title page.

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SKU: 1600673
Location: Pacific