Social Change and Psychosocial Adaptation in the Pacific Islands
Publication year: 2005
ISBN: 978-0-387-23289-8
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The Pacific Island and Oceanic nations arehometo indigenous cultures that are thousands of years old. The indigenous people of the Pacific flourished for centuries as seafaring cultures that supported complex societies and strong traditions maintained through oral histories. The contact and eventual Western colonization that occurred during the past 500 years resulted in drastic and often catastrophic changes to these ancient societies.
Subject: Behavioral Science, Nation, culture, globalization, identity, social change, violence
