382 pp. May 1983
paper, ISBN 978-0-8248-1643-8, $29.00
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The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-Colonial Days, 1521-1885
by Francis X. Hezel SJ
Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No. 1
Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i
“Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force.... Not only will it be read eagerly by Pacific scholars, but it should find a wide audience among well-educated Micronesians hungry for greater understanding of how their islands have become ensnared in world geopolitics.” —Ethnohistory
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