Book reviews

• Published in: The Journal of Pacific history 1977, Vol.12 (4), p.242-256
• Main Authors: Latukefu, Sione, Hempenstall, Peter J., Tagupa, William E., Spate, O. H. K., Hilliard, David, Panoff, Michel, Nelson, H. N., Macnaught, T. J., Denoon, Donald
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0022-3344; 1469-9605
• DOI: 10.1080/00223347708572332

Peter Dillon of Vanikoro: Chevalier of the South Seas. By J. W. Davidson. Edited by o. h. k. spate. Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1975. xix, 351 pp, maps, index. $A16.00. Exclusion, Exploitation and Extermination. Race Relations in Colonial Queensland. By Raymond Evans, Kay Saunders, Kathryn Cronin. Sydney, Australia and New Zealand Book Company, xii, 446 pp, bibliog., index. Micronesia, Trust Betrayed; Altruism vs. Self interest. By Donald F. McHenry. New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1975. xiii, 260 pp, maps. $US4.95. The Tactless Philosopher: Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98). By Michael E. Hoare. Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1976. x, 419 pp, plates, bibliog. Approx. price $15.95. Marists and Melanesians: A History of Catholic Missions in the Solomon Islands. By Hugh Laracy. Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1976. xi, 211 pp. $A12.95. Polynesian Peasants and Proletarians. By Ben R. Finney. Cambridge, Mass. Schenk-man Publishing Company, 1973. IX, 147 pp. Pukari: Voices of Papua New Guinea. Compiled and edited by Barry Ison. San Diego, Tofua Press, 1976. xii, 95 pp, many illus. No price. Mak Bilong Sepik: a Selection of Designs and Paintings from the Sepik River. By Helen Dennett. Wewak, Wirui Press, 1975. 117 pp, many illus. $6.00 (incl. postage to Australia). The Shark Callers: an Ancient Fishing Tradition of New Ireland Papua New Guinea. By Glenys K#auohnke. Port Moresby, Yumi Press, 1974. 116 pp, many illus. No price. Literacy and Social Change. A Case Study of Fiji. By J. R. Clammer. Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1976. (Monographs and Theoretical Studies on Sociology and Anthropology in Honour of Nels Anderson. General Editor: K. Ishwaran. Publication XI.) XIV, 218 pp. 68 guilders. Black, White and Gold: Goldmining in Papua New Guinea, 1878-1930. By Hank Nelson. Canberra, Australian National University Press, 1976. xx, 299 pp. $A16.95. D'Entrecasteaux en Nouvelle-Calédonie 1792 et 1793. By Georges Pisier. Nouméa, Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Pubtn No. 13, 1976. 148 pp. maps, plates, bibliog.