Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation Volume 12 Article 8 Issue 1 March 1998 THE EDGE OF PARADISE. AMERICA IN MICRONESIA (Review) Grant McCall Follow this and additional works at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj Part of the History of the Pacific slI ands Commons, and the Pacific slI ands Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation McCall, Grant (1998) "THE EDGE OF PARADISE. AMERICA IN MICRONESIA (Review)," Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation: Vol. 12 : Iss. 1 , Article 8. Available at: https://kahualike.manoa.hawaii.edu/rnj/vol12/iss1/8 This Book or Media Review is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Hawai`i Press at Kahualike. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rapa Nui Journal: Journal of the Easter Island Foundation by an authorized editor of Kahualike. For more information, please contact
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