Islands and Cultures - How Pacific Islands Provide Paths Toward Sustainability

Te Maire Tau; Kamanamaikalani Beamer; Peter M. Vitousek

Humans began to settle the area known as Polynesia between approximately 3,000 and 800 years ago, bringing material culture, including plants and animals, and ideas about societal organization with them. The settlers adapted to the specific biophysical features of the islands they discovered. This book ...