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Book Review Forum: John Lynch, Pacific Languages: An Introduction, Byron W. Bender

Pacific Studies

John Lynch, Pacific Languages: An Introduction. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1998. Pp. xix, 359, preface, tables, figures, maps, appendices, notes, references, index. US$35 paperback.

Review: Byron W. Bender University of Hawai‘i

Book Review: Jane Samson, Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority In The Pacific Islands, Sally Engle Merry

Pacific Studies

Jane Samson, Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1998. Pp. 256. US$35 cloth.

Reviewed by Sally Engle Merry, Wellesley College

Vol. 23 No. 1/2 (2000): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 23, No 1/2-Mar./Jun. 2000 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.

“Quixotic And Utopian”: American Adventurers In The Southwest Pacific, 1897–1898, Hugh Laracy

Pacific Studies

The islands of the Pacific have long attracted escapists and adventurers from abroad. Mostly they have gone to Polynesia, and the bulk of scholarly commen- tary on the topic is concerned with that region. Even so, others have been tempted by Melanesia. Two such expeditions were those of the Percy Edwards and the Sophia Sutherland, which left San Francisco for New Guinea and the Solomons, respectively, in 1897. They involved 116 fortune seekers and were very well publicized at the time but have hitherto escaped the notice of historians. Yet, although they were total failures, they are not without considerable …

Books Noted: Recent Pacific Islands Publications: Selected Acquisitions, September–December 2000, Riley M. Moffat

Pacific Studies

This list of significant new 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, Univer- sity 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 the 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. 24 (2001): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1-2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US $40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, …

Book Review Forum: The Lost Drum: The Myth Of Sexuality In Papua New Guinea And Beyond, Eric Kline Silverman

Pacific Studies

James F. Weiner, The Lost Drum: The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Pp. xxi, 199, illus., bib., index. US$49.95 cloth; $19.95 paperback.

Review: Eric Kline Silverman DePauw University

Review: The Lost Drum: The Myth Of Sexuality In Papua New Guinea And Beyond, Phillip Guddemi

Pacific Studies

Book review of "The Lost Drum: The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond" by Phillip Guddemi

Book Review Response: The Lost Drum: The Myth Of Sexuality In Papua New Guinea And Beyond, James F. Weiner

Pacific Studies

Response to the book reviews of "James Weiner, The Lost Drum: The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond" by James Weiner

Patronage And Bureaucracy In The Hawaiian Kingdom, 1840–1893, Colin Newbury

Pacific Studies

The government of the Hawaiian monarchy operated as a patrimonial system until constitutional change in 1887 restricted the power of the king to control executive, legislative, and judicial institutions. Ministers, governors, senior offi- cials, legislators, and judges owed their positions to royal favor and influence, thus continuing for Hawaiian and foreign “service gentry” the practices of the pre-1840 kingdom by valuing loyalty higher than efficiency or selection by com- petition. At a second level, patronage by governors and senior officials expanded the ranks of those executives who ran public finance, land administration, in- ternal trade, education, police, and the judiciary. …

Review: The Lost Drum: The Myth Of Sexuality In Papua New Guinea And Beyond, David Lipset

Pacific Studies

Book review of "James Weiner, The Lost Drum: The Myth of Sexuality in Papua New Guinea and Beyond" by David Lipset

Review: Social Organization And Cultural Aesthetics: Essays In Honor Of William H. Davenport, Stuart Kirsch

Pacific Studies

William W. Donner and James G. Flanagan, eds., Social Organization and Cultural Aesthetics: Essays in Honor of William H. Davenport. New York: University Press of America, 1997. Pp. v, 151, illus., bib. US$56.50 cloth; $30.50 paperback.

Reviewed by Stuart Kirsch, University of Michigan

Vol. 24 (2001): Pacific Studies Front Matter 1-2, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 24, No.1-2 March/June 2001 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.

Review: Common Worlds And Single Lives: Constituting Knowledge In Pacific Societies, Paige West

Pacific Studies

Verena Keck, ed., Common Worlds and Single Lives: Constituting Knowledge in Pacific Societies. Explorations in Anthropology. Oxford and New York: Berg, 1998. Pp. vi, 417, bib., index. US$22.50 paperback.

Reviewed by Paige West, Rutgers University

Where Has Rotuman Culture Gone? And What Is It Doing There?, Alan Howard, Jan Rensel

Pacific Studies

This article explores the now-problematic concept of “culture” and related terms in the context of a diffuse transnational Rotuman population, more than three- fourths of whom live abroad in Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and Europe. We begin by reflecting on prevailing criticisms of the culture concept, then present data in historical perspective on Rotuman communities in five different locations: Rotuma, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawai‘i. In presenting these data we examine the patterning effects of four key variables, in- cluding (1) macrosocietal attitudes, (2) the nature of the migration flow, (3) the size of communities, …

Review: An Introduction To The Anthropology Of Melanesia: Culture And Tradition, Roger Ivar Lohmann

Pacific Studies

Paul Sillitoe, An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia: Culture and Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp. xxiii, 254, illus., bib., index. US$22.95 paperback.

Reviewed by Roger Ivar Lohmann, Western Oregon University

The Political Economy Of 'Gambling On Gambling' By States And Tribes: A Critical Comparative Perspective, Sandra Faiman-Silva

Anthropology Faculty Publications

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The Obispeno Chumash Indians: San Luis Obispo County's First Environmentalists, Sharon L. Marks

Theses Digitization Project

The primary focus of this project is with the interaction between nature and people. How did the Obispeno Chumash affect their surroundings and what was the outcome? Did changes occur in the environment when other people took over the care of the land? Over the last 250 years, the Obispeno Chumash land has evolved from an ecologically green dominion under their stewardship to the present day where the area is noted for its mission, recreational value, wealth of opportunity, and a nuclear power plant located between Morro Bay and Point Buchon along the ocean.

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.