唐納德•狄儂（Donald Denoon），劍橋大學博士，現為澳大利亞國立大學太平洋地區研究院（Research School of Pacific Studies）太平洋島嶼史榮譽教授（Emeritus Professor of Pacific Islands History），著有Southern Africa Since 1800；Settler Capitalism: The Dynamics of Dependent Development in the Southern Hemisphere；Getting Under the Skin: the Bougainville Copper Agreement and the Creation of the Panguna Mine等。

譯者：張勇，曆史學博士，聊城大學曆史文化與旅遊學院講師，聊城大學太平洋島國研究中心研究人員，主要從事美國外交史、所羅門群島研究。

This history presents an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the experiences of Pacific islanders from their first settlement of the islands to the present day. It addresses the question of insularity and explores islanders' experiences thematically, covering such topics as early settlement, contact with Europeans, colonialism, politics, commerce, nuclear testing, tradition, ideology, and the role of women. It incorporates material on the Maori, the Irianese in western New Guinea, the settled immigrant communities in Fiji, New Caledonia and the Hawaiian monarchy and follows migrants to New Zealand, Australia and North America.