Nature, Culture and History : The "Knowing" of Oceania.

Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Nature as Culture -- The idea of paradise -- The idea of the tropical oceanic island -- Island paradises in Oceania -- Paradise lost -- Paradise regained -- Culture as Nature -- The Enlightenment and nature -- J. R. Forster's Observations -- Environmental determinism -- Ethnography/anthropology -- Depopulation -- The revival of the idea of culture -- Destiny -- Culture as explanation -- History as Culture -- History -- Imperial Pacific history -- Postcolonial Pacific history -- Societies -- Causation -- Ownership? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.