Table of Contents

List of Maps - Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: Oceanic France - The Second World War in the French Pacific - Recasting the Colonial Order - The Economic History of the French Territories - The Populations and Societies of the French Pacific - Politics in the French Pacific, 1945-1980 - From the New Hebrides to Vanuatu - The Crisis in New Caledonia in the 1980s - French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna in the 1980s - Nuclear Testing, the 'New Pacific' and French International Policy - Conclusion: the Colonial Heritage - Notes and References - Bibliography - Index