Description: Essential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.
Brief description: Matt Matsuda is Professor of History at Rutgers University where he teaches Modern European and Asia-Pacific comparative histories. His previous publications include Empire of Love: Histories of France and the Pacific (2003).
Review Quotes: "This is a daring and thought-provoking read, as the author weaves together individual life experiences to demonstrate the complex interplay between transcultural connectedness and power contestations. Reminiscent of Sugata Bose's A Hundred Horizons, which focused on the Indian Ocean, Matsuda's book has managed to transcend local, regional and world history in literary-quality tales of "overlapping transits" that challenge our conventional categories and highlight larger historical issues." -David Chappell, University of Hawai`i