The Princess Who Lost Her Hair
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The Princess Who Lost Her Hair by Tololwa M Mollel
A pioneering study of early trade and beach communities in the Pacific Islands and first published in 1977, this book provides historians with an ambitious survey of early European-Polynesian contact, an analysis of how early trade developed along with the beachcomber community, and a detailed reconstruction of development of the early Pacific port towns. Set mainly in the first half of the 19th century, continuing in some cases for a few decades more, the book covers five ports: Kororareka (now Russell, in New Zealand), Levuka (Fiji), Apia (Samoa), Papeete (Tahiti) and Honolulu (Hawai'i). The role of beachcombers, the earliest European inhabitants, as well as the later consuls or commercial agents, and the development of plantation economies is explored. The book is a tour de force, the first detailed comparative academic study of these early precolonial trading towns and their race relations. It argues that the predominantly egalitarian towns where Islanders, beachcombers, traders, and missionaries mixed were largely harmonious, but this was undermined by later arrivals and larger populations.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780816728169 |
| ISBN 10 | 081672816X |
| Title | The Princess Who Lost Her Hair |
| Author | Tololwa M Mollel |
| Series | Legends Of The World S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lioncrest Education Pty Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |