An Index For Pacific Historians

If you are a reader of the Pacific Historical Review you will be pleascd to note that an index has been published to volumes 1 -4 3 (1932-74). If you are a Pacific histor Y buff and not a reader, then you should become acquainted with both the index and the periodical.

The Pacific Historical Review is a quarterly journal issued by the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Society, although the publishing, advertising, and busi- " e n f v ™“ erS f by ‘he University of California Press. It is exna'nslnnkm I" 8 *. 0 .! 7 p f Al 7 ler,car expansionism to the Pacific and beyond, and to the post-frontier

developments of the 20th-century

American west. The Review also publishes articles on the historian’s methodologies and philosophies.

Compiled by Anna Marie and Everette Gordon Hagar, the Index is drawn from more than 20 000 pages of text, a formidable task by anyone’s standards. Entries include the names of authors and titles of artides, book reviewers and books reviewed, as well as those for peo-

pie, places, things, and events that are more than casually mentioned in the articles. It is a veritable card catalogue covering the gamut of Pacific history.

In spite of the preponderance of listings relating to the American continent I found many listings of interest to the enthusiast of the history of Oceania. For example I found the following; The Australian Frontier in New Guinea 1870-1885 by Donald Craig Gordon, American

Policy Respecting 'Marshalls.

Carolines and Marianas 1898-1941 ty Earl S. Pomeroy, Japan and the American Annexation of the Philip pines by James K. Eyre, Jr, and Great Britain and the Sovereignty of Hawaii by Merze Tate There is enough wealth of Pacific history published during the 42 years indexed that this volume deserves a place among reference shelves of Pacific Island libraries

Norden H. Cheatham.

(Index to Pacific Historical Review (Volumes 1-43, 1932-1974). Compiled by Anna Marie and Everett U " i,,rai ' ¥