The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-Colonial Days, 1521-1885 - Hardcover

Hezel, Francis X.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824808401 ISBN 13: 9780824808402

Publisher: Center for Pacific Island Studies, 1983

Synopsis

Honolulu 1983 1st University of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0840-1.Hardcover. Octavo, 365pp., blue cloth. Near Fine, slight residue of price tag on front free blank, nop DJ.

About this title

About the Author:

Francis X. Hezel, S.J., is a Jesuit priest who has lived and worked in Micronesia for forty-five years. He founded and directed the Micronesian Seminar, a church-sponsored research institute that engaged in a broad public education program for the islands. He is the author of several books on the region’s history and culture, including The First Taint of Civilization, Strangers in Their Own Land, and The New Shape of Old Island Cultures. His articles and videos and other products of the Micronesian Seminar can be viewed on-line at the Micronesian Seminar website: www.micsem.org.

Review:

"Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force...." -- Ethnohistory

About this edition

• Publisher: Center for Pacific Island Studies
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0824808401
• ISBN 13: 9780824808402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 371