HISTORY 104
Pacific History: An Introduction
Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for HISTORY 104.
Description
This course surveys the history of the Pacific from the indigenous settlement of the Pacific to the post-WWII world. It highlights the stories of indigenous Pacific peoples and their experiences of early encounters with Europeans, the arrival of the missionaries, colonisation of the Pacific, and the significant and enduring impact of the Pacific War.
It examines critical periods in Pacific history through examining cross-cultural interactions and the agency of Pacific people through major periods of change. This course also seeks to analyse the way Pacific history has been recorded through predominantly western methods of historical recording and place value on the ways history has been recorded and told by the indigenous people of the Pacific.
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Availability 2020
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Marcia Leenen-Young
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
HISTORY 104: 15 points
