Sailors and traders
Subtitle: a maritime history of the Pacific peoples
By: Alastair Couper.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780824832391
Subjects: Pacific Islanders -- History; Sea Peoples -- Pacific Area -- History; Sailors -- Pacific Area -- History; Shipping -- Pacific Area -- History
Description: Like all others who live and work at sea, Pacific mariners face the challenges of an often harsh environment, endure separation from their families for months at a time, revere their vessels, and share a singular attitude to risk and death."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A seafaring perspective; title: Sailors, myths and traditions; title: The first pacific seafarers; title: Settlements, territories and trade; title: The arrival of foreign ships; title: Pacific commercial shipowners; title: Under foreign sail; title: Dangers, mutinies and the law; title: Companies, colonies and crewing; title: Island protests and enterprises; title: Contemporary local and regional shipping; title: The global pacific seafarer; title: Epilogue: Some contemporary resonances.