Download or read book The First Taint of Civilization written by Francis X. Hezel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hezel writes clearly and with erudition and commands an impressive body of information. His book is a tour de force.... Not only will it be read eagerly by Pacific scholars, but it should find a wide audience among well-educated Micronesians hungry for greater understanding of how their islands have become ensnared in world geopolitics.” —Ethnohistory