Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians by Lal, Brij V.
Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians by Lal, Brij V.

Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians

The second generation of Pacific historians, who began their careers in the 1970s and 1980s, is gradually...
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Author: Brij V. Lal
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Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians by Lal, Brij V.

Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians

$105.70
Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians by Lal, Brij V.

Serendipity: Experience of Pacific Historians

$105.70
Author: Brij V. Lal
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The second generation of Pacific historians, who began their careers in the 1970s and 1980s, is gradually fading from the academic scene. They have made fundamental contributions to the field of Pacific history, enduring in their impact, and the identity of the discipline is now firmly established. This volume is not so much about their individual research but, rather, their improbable journeys into Pacific history--why and how they came to it in the first place. Almost without exception, they did not choose Pacific history but rather stumbled into the field through serendipity. They came from forays into African, Indian, East Asian, French, British imperial, and other fields, and were enticed into Pacific history through chance or the efforts of kindly mentors. All this is evident in the values and understandings they bring to the subject. The one commonality that binds them is a love of the islands that have been the center of their lifetime work.

Many distinguished Pacific historians of the last four to five decades are represented in this collection. Serendipity presents fourteen autobiographical chapters in which the contributors trace their paths as Pacific historians. They offer their sources of inspiration, supporters, and publications that shaped them as historians. With a significant focus on the importance of teaching and mentoring that they both received and provided, their writing not only illuminates their lives, but the state of Pacific history as an academic field. The experiences of the contributors are moving, replete with sorrows and regrets, as well as of achievements and satisfactions. Part of these careers were spent working in areas other than scholarship, such as high school teaching, consultancies, volunteering, teaching English as a second language, or doing menial jobs just to keep going. Serendipity is a pathbreaking form of historiography and essential to the Pacific history field.

Author: Brij V. Lal
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 02/29/2024
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780824894276

About the Author
Brij V. Lal (Editor) Brij Vilash Lal was professor emeritus of Pacific and Asian history at the Australian National University and adjunct professor of the University of Queensland, Australia.Doug Munro (Editor) Doug Munro is an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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