Oceania: The Geography of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
Tom L. McKnight, University of California, Los Angeles

ISBN-10: 0131236393
ISBN-13: 9780131236394

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1994
Format: Paper; 229 pp
Published: 06/24/1994

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For junior- or senior-level courses that survey the geography of oceania found in departments of geography or anthropology.

Acclaimed author, Tom McKnight, reflects the U.S.'s growing interest in the Pacific Ocean in his study of the overall geography of Australia, New Zealand, and the Asian nations that border the western side of the ocean.

  • contains 25 original maps of the region.
  • features end of chapter questions.
  • widely reviewed by leading scholars at Australian, New Zealand Universities.



 1. The Pacific Setting.


 2. Australia: The Unique Land.


 3. Peopling the Austral Continent.


 4. Fruits of the Land: The Primary Industries.


 5. Contemporary Australia.


 6. Australian Regions.


 7. Australian Problems and Projects.


 8. New Zealand: The Land and the People.


 9. New Zealand's Regional Variety.


10. Islands of the Pacific.


Bibliography.

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