Upon a Stone Altar
Upon a Stone Altar tells the history of a remarkable people who inhabit the island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Since the beginnings of intensive foreign contact, Pohnpei has endured numerous disruptive conflicts as well as attempts at colonial domination. Pohnpeians cre...
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University of Hawai'i Press
2023
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| author | Hanlon, David L. |
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| description | Upon a Stone Altar tells the history of a remarkable people who inhabit the island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Since the beginnings of intensive foreign contact, Pohnpei has endured numerous disruptive conflicts as well as attempts at colonial domination. Pohnpeians creatively adapted to change and today live successfully in a modern world not totally of their own making. Hanlon uses the vast body of oral tradition to relate the early history of Pohnpei, including the story of the building of a huge complex of artificial stone islets, Nan Madol. |
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| language | eng |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1144652024-04-02T22:12:36Z Upon a Stone Altar Hanlon, David L. History Asian Studies Political Science thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism Upon a Stone Altar tells the history of a remarkable people who inhabit the island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Since the beginnings of intensive foreign contact, Pohnpei has endured numerous disruptive conflicts as well as attempts at colonial domination. Pohnpeians creatively adapted to change and today live successfully in a modern world not totally of their own making. Hanlon uses the vast body of oral tradition to relate the early history of Pohnpei, including the story of the building of a huge complex of artificial stone islets, Nan Madol. 2023-10-05T10:06:28Z 2023-10-05T10:06:28Z 1988 book ONIX_20231005_9780824883911_244 9780824883911 9780824811242 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114465 eng Pacific Islands Monograph Series image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvp2n4g9 University of Hawai'i Press 10.2307/j.ctvp2n4g9 10.2307/j.ctvp2n4g9 e44031ed-f19b-493a-b6b0-2a6d8788d971 b799502e-ac20-4c6a-b731-c07677ba0ea5 9780824883911 9780824811242 [...] open access |
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