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Pacific Islander Pastors And Missionaries: Some Historiographical And Analytical Issues, Doug Munro, Andrew Thornley

Pacific Studies

In global terms, the deployment of indigenous pastors and their equivalents in the dissemination of Christianity was unusual. A notable exception was in the Pacific Islands, where the widespread use of native teachers and preachers was a feature of the missionization process. Their role was not adequately reflected in the historiography of the region until the publication of Ron and Marjorie Crocombes’ seminal book The Works of Ta‘unga in 1968. The Crocombes inspired an outpouring of research on pastors and teachers, which this article describes, categorizes, and assesses. The article concludes with suggestions for further research.

Oasis Or Mirage: The Farming Of Black Pearl In The Northern Cook Islands, Cluny Macpherson

Pacific Studies

By the late twentieth century, small island states in the Pacific faced severe problems resulting from the ways in which they had become integrated into the world capitalist economy since the early nineteenth century. Generic environmental, economic, and social problems follow from dependence on the production of a relatively small number of crops for sale in the world economy, out-migration and remittances, and foreign aid. Most states have sought to reduce their dependence and to move toward greater degrees of economic self-sufficiency. In the case of atolls, opportunities for development are typically regarded as minimal because of fragile ecosystems and …

Westminster Democracy: A Comparison Of Small Island States Varieties In The Pacific And The Caribbean, Dag Anckar

Pacific Studies

The validity of the suggestion by Arend Lijphart that the structure of consensus democracy may spring from a general cultural inclination toward consensus is investigated by comparing a set of small Pacific and Caribbean island states. All have colonial histories that involve a strong British legacy, and all have been submitted to attempts by the metropolitan power to influence the preparing of the independence constitution. The results indicate that the Pacific islands with long-standing indigenous and consensual cultures and traditions have indeed introduced into their political systems more consensus-based applications of Westminster rule. Controls for the impact on democratic style …

Book Review Forum: Stephanie Lawson, Tradition Versus Democracy In The South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, And Western Samoa. Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies., Henry J. Rutz

Pacific Studies

Stephanie Lawson, Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa. Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. x, 228, maps, tables, notes, bib., index. US$64.95 cloth.

Editors’ Note: Because of the fluidity of the situation in Fiji, it is important for readers to note that the various reviews and the author’s response were written in late 1999 and early 2000, before the events of May 2000. —LL & DBR

Review: Henry J. Rutz Hamilton College Clinton, New York

Book Review: Stephanie Lawson, Tradition Versus Democracy In The South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, And Western Samoa, Glenn Petersen

Pacific Studies

Book review of "Stephanie Lawson, Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa" by Glenn Petersen

Book Response: Stephanie Lawson, Tradition Versus Democracy In The South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, And Western Samoa, Stephanie Lawson

Pacific Studies

Response of Stephanie Lawson to the reviews of "Stephanie Lawson, Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa"

Book Review: Greg Dening, Performances, Marta Rohatynskyj

Pacific Studies

Greg Dening, Performances. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 296, bib., index. US$45 cloth; $19.95 paperback.

Reviewed by Marta Rohatynskyj, University of Guelph

Book Review: R. J. May And A. J. Regan With Allison Ley, Eds., Political Decentralisation In A New State: The Experience Of Provincial Government In Papua New Guinea, Bill Standish

Pacific Studies

R. J. May and A. J. Regan with Allison Ley, eds., Political Decentralisation in a New State: The Experience of Provincial Government in Papua New Guinea. Bathurst, N.S.W.: Crawford House Press, 1997. Pp. 431, xi, maps. A$40 (available by E-mail: )

Reviewed by Bill Standish, Australian National University

Book Review: Jürg Wassmann, Ed., Pacific Answers To Western Hegemony: Cultural Practices Of Identity Construction, Laurence Marshall Carucci

Pacific Studies

Jürg Wassmann, ed., Pacific Answers to Western Hegemony: Cultural Practices of Identity Construction. Oxford: Berg, 1998. Pp. 449, bib., index. £44.99 cloth; £17.99 paperback.

Reviewed by Laurence Marshall Carucci, Montana State University

Book Review: Glenn Banks And Chris Ballard, Eds., The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes, And Implications, Alex Golub

Pacific Studies

Glenn Banks and Chris Ballard, eds., The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Out- comes, and Implications. Pacific Policy Papers, no. 27. Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, 1997. Pp. xi, 279, map, bib. A$20 paperback.

Reviewed by Alex Golub, University of Chicago

Book Review: Donald Denoon With Stewart Firth, Jocelyn Linnekin, Malama Meleisea, And Karen Nero, Eds., The Cambridge History Of The Pacific Islanders, Joel Robbins

Pacific Studies

Donald Denoon with Stewart Firth, Jocelyn Linnekin, Malama Meleisea, and Karen Nero, eds., The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xvi, 518, index, maps. US$79.95 cloth.

Reviewed by Joel Robbins, University of California, San Diego

Book Noted: Recent Pacific Islands Publications: Selected Acquisitions, March–August 2000, Riley Mofatt

Pacific Studies

This list of significant publications relating to the Pacific Islands was selected from new acquisitions lists received from Brigham Young University–Hawai‘i, University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, University of Auckland, East-West Center, University of the South Pacific, National Library of Australia, Melanesian Studies Resource Center of the University of California–San Diego, and Secretariat of the Pacific Community Library. Other libraries are invited to send contributions to the Books Noted Editor for future issues. Listings reflect the extent of information provided by each institution.

Vol. 23 No. 3/4 (2000): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 23, No 3/4-Sept./Dec. 2000 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.

Geog 277s.01: Geography Of Africa, Jeffrey Allman Gritzner

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ling 570.02: Seminar In Second Language Pedagogy, Tully J. Thibeau

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ling 465.01: Structure Of Modern English For Teachers, Deirdre Black

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ling 494.01: Esl Senior Seminar, Robert Hausmann

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ling 470.01: Introduction To Linguistic Analysis, Nancy Mattina

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Dram 111a.08: Acting For Non-Majors I, Michael Verdon

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Hist 585.01: Latin American History, Pamela Voekel

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ling 270.01: Introduction To Linguistics, Robert Hausmann

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ling 475.01: Linguistic Field Methods, Anthony Mattina

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

The Dynamics Of Privacy Regulation: A Conceptual Model For Hrd And Organizations, Virginia W. Kupritz

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Ghettoes Revisisted: Antimarkets, Consumption, And Empowerment, David Dante Troutt

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.

Providence: Studies In Western Civilization Fall/Winter 2000, Providence College

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Catholic Social Ecology: A Reply To Bookchin, Theodore Nunez

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

The Great And The Near-Great: The Current Status Of Poetry In America And Derek Walcott’S Tiepolo’S Hound, Edward Mccrorie

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Lourdes: Body And Spirit In The Secular Age, Matthew J. Dowling

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Truth: A History And A Guide For The Perplexed, D. G. Rohr

Providence: Studies in Western Civilization

No abstract provided.

Law School Record, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Fall 2000), Law School Record Editors

Law School Record

• Setting the Curve
• In Search of Skeptics
• Chicago International
• The Practice
• Student Life
• Clinics and Community