TY - BOOK AU - Couper,A.D. TI - Sailors and traders: a maritime history of the Pacific peoples SN - 9781441619884 (electronic bk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaii Press KW - Pacific Islanders KW - History KW - Sea Peoples KW - Pacific Area KW - Sailors KW - Shipping N1 - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: A seafaring perspective -- Sailors, myths and traditions -- The first pacific seafarers -- Settlements, territories and trade -- The arrival of foreign ships -- Pacific commercial shipowners -- Under foreign sail -- Dangers, mutinies and the law -- Companies, colonies and crewing -- Island protests and enterprises -- Contemporary local and regional shipping -- The global pacific seafarer -- Epilogue: Some contemporary resonances UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=285935 ER -