Geography Of The Pacific

Author : Walter M. Goldberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319695320
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands written by Walter M. Goldberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an accessible scientific introduction to the historical geography of Tropical Pacific Islands, assessing the environmental and cultural changes they have undergone and how they are affected currently by these shifts and alterations. The book emphasizes the roles of plants, animals, people, and the environment in shaping the tropical Pacific through a cross-disciplinary approach involving history, geography, biology, environmental science, and anthropology. With these diverse scientific perspectives, the eight chapters of the book provide a comprehensive overview of Tropical Pacific Islands from their initial colonization by native peoples to their occupation by colonial powers, and the contemporary changes that have affected the natural history and social fabric of these islands. The Tropical Pacific Islands are introduced by a description of their geological formation, development, and geography. From there, the book details the origins of the island's original peoples and the dawn of the political economy of these islands, including the domestication and trade of plants, animals, and other natural resources. Next, readers will learn about the impact of missionaries on Pacific Islands, and the affects of Wold War II and nuclear testing on natural resources and the health of its people. The final chapter discusses the islands in the context of natural resource extraction, population increases, and global climate change. Working together these factors are shown to affect rainfall and limited water resources, as well as the ability to sustain traditional crops, and the capacity of the islands to accomodate its residents.

Author : Otis Willard Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography of the Pacific written by Otis Willard Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Otis W. Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography of the Pacific written by Otis W. Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Otis Willard Freeman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography of the Pacific written by Otis Willard Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 573 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography in the Pacific written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T. A. Donnelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780701632618
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fiji in the Pacific written by T. A. Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of Fiji in the Pacific aims to provide students with an updated resource for their history and geography studies. Changes in this edition include more detail about the history of Rotuma and a move, where possible, away from a history of what Europeans were doing in Fiji, to a history of all the peoples of Fiji. Part 2: Geography of Fiji has been extensively reshaped and extended to cover specific topics in the Fiji School Leaving Certificate.

Author : Shannon H. Harts
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN 13 : 1725322234
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Australia and the Pacific Realm written by Shannon H. Harts and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia and the Pacific Realm is a region unlike any other in the world. Made up of thousands of islands, from tiny atolls to the continent of Australia, this region is defined by the mighty ocean flowing between neighboring islands and countries. How did people come to inhabit the islands of this region? How do the islands differ from one another? Readers will have the full Oceania tour with this exciting book, which uses photographs, maps, and fact-filled text to paint an inspiring picture of Australia and the Pacific Realm.

Author : Geographical Society of the Pacific
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Geographical Society of the Pacific written by Geographical Society of the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Brace Norton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
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Download or read book Geography of the Pacific Coast Region written by Henry Brace Norton and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark J. Rauzon
Publisher : Latitude 20
ISBN 13 : 9780824846794
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Isles of Amnesia written by Mark J. Rauzon and published by Latitude 20. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a quarter century, biologist Mark J. Rauzon worked in the field of island restoration, traveling throughout the American Insular Pacific to eradicate invasive plants and animals introduced by humans. The region spans from Hawai`i to Samoa to Guam, and their neighbors—small, obscure tropical islands that are hundreds, if not thousands, of nautical miles from each other. These little-known US possessions and territories include various islands and atolls: Jarvis, Howland, Baker, the Northern Marianas, Wake, Palmyra, Johnston, and Rose Atoll, among others. They anchor a vast National Marine Monument program created in 2009, and expanded in 2014, to protect the largest area in the world from exploitation. In Isles of Amnesia, Rauzon chronicles the ecological and human history of these islands, enlivened with his first-hand experiences of eradication efforts to restore atoll ecosystems and maximize native biodiversity. Each chapter focuses on an individual island or island group, revealing how each location has its own particular story, secret past, or ecological lesson to be shared. Taken as a whole, the region has played a unique role in American history, with the remoteness of the islands having served the needs of whalers and guano miners in the 1800s and, in later years, that of military secret projects, missile launching, chemical weapon incinerations, and air bases. Rauzon further explores the creation of the National Marine Monuments and what their protection means to a changing ocean, and presents original research about the US military’s Pacific Project and germ warfare testing. Illustrated with over seventy historical photographs and original drawings, this much-needed work tells the fascinating story of America’s forgotten Pacific islands.