Academic Journal
Cultural Divisions and Island Environments since the Time of Dumont d'Urville.
| Title: | Cultural Divisions and Island Environments since the Time of Dumont d'Urville. |
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| Authors: | D'arcy, Paul |
| Source: | Journal of Pacific History; Sep2003, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p217, 19p |
| Abstract: | Focuses on explorer Dumont d'Urville's association of cultural regions with racial types that channeled subsequent efforts into attempts to explain or refute this connection and the dissatisfaction with the classification of Pacific Islanders as Melanesians, Micronesians or Polynesians in the 1980s. Factors responsible for the neglect of the study of cultural formation in the area; Analysis of Western Polynesian history; Optimal unit to analyze the formation and maintenance of cultures. |
| Subject Terms: | MELANESIANS, MICRONESIANS, POLYNESIANS, CULTURE, RACE |
| ISSN: | 00223344 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0022334032000120549 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |