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...

全面介紹

Saved in:
書目詳細資料
主要作者: Hanlon, David L.
格式: Online
語言:英语
出版: University of Hawai'i Press 2023
主題:
在線閱讀:ONIX_20231005_9780824883911_244
標簽: 添加標簽
沒有標簽, 成為第一個標記此記錄!
_version_ 1869516498338316288
author Hanlon, David L.
author_browse Hanlon, David L.
author_facet Hanlon, David L.
author_sort Hanlon, David L.
collection Directory of Open Access Books
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.
format Online
id doab-20.500.12854ir-114465
institution Directory of Open Access Books
language eng
publishDate 2023
publishDateRange 2023
publishDateSort 2023
publisher University of Hawai'i Press
publisherStr University of Hawai'i Press
record_format ojs
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
spellingShingle 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
Hanlon, David L.
Upon a Stone Altar
title Upon a Stone Altar
title_full Upon a Stone Altar
title_fullStr Upon a Stone Altar
title_full_unstemmed Upon a Stone Altar
title_short Upon a Stone Altar
title_sort upon a stone altar
topic 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
topic_facet 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
url ONIX_20231005_9780824883911_244
work_keys_str_mv AT hanlondavidl uponastonealtar