Skip to main content
Search for more books
Title:Island Populations of the Pacific
Price:USD$13.00
ISBN:045678912X
Item ID:BB06-003873
Quantity:1
Publisher:Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1967
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Good
Dust Jacket:Fair
Australian National University Press, 1967, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, First

"Throughout the 19th century there were many, including scholars, who believed that the peoples of Polynesia were doomed to extinction. The reasons suggested for the supposedly dramatic declines in population numbers were many & varied, but few authors questioned the reality of the declines or their universality. In this book a demographer reappraises the basic estimates & counts some of the populations, setting them in the context of contemporary knowledge & events, in an attempt to trace the demographic fortunes of these island populations in the years before 1956, the year in which censuses were taken simultaneously & more of less uniformly for all but one of these island groups..." There is an abrasion to the bottom LH corner on the front of dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 381 pages. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Politics & Government; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 045678912X. ISBN/EAN: 9780456789124. Inventory No: 003873.
To see the Shipping Fee please change the following as required:

Shipping Destination State/Province okay

Display prices in