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Koppel departs briefly from ancient migrarion to offer an analysis of modern impacrs in rhe Pacific. There is no quesrion rharwesrern "discovery" has been exrremely raxingon rhese remore islands; however, this is a complex and sensitive subject, wo rthy of more careful and in-depth treatment than time allows in this book, and the fatalism implied by the aurhor's example of total culrural assimilation m ay nor be fully justified-even in Waikiki with irs neutered palm trees a nd its sunblockscented waves. In a broad sense, the effects of globalism further underscore the necessity of u ndersta nding the initial migration and early settlement. The author's skill in understanding, organizing, a nd presenting the synthesis of the Pacific migration data, drawn chiefly from a nthropology a nd archaeology, is commendable; he has produced a wo rk borh info rmarive and enjoyable. H ANS K. VAN TILBURG, PHD Honolulu, H awaii
Maritime Governance & Policy-Making by Michael Roe (Spri nger, London, U K, 201 3, 442 pp, index, ISBN 978-1-44714 152-5; $2 17hc) Today's supra na tio na l shippin g industry skirts rigorous regulation and oversight by exploiting competing regulato ry regimes' inabiliry to coordinate rulemak ing efforts or undertake unilateral enforcement. M oreover, sometimes those rules have too m any loopholes-so claims Michael Roe in his thoughtful (and pricey!) new book. A professor of m aritime logisrics and policy at rhe Plymo urh Unive rsity Business School in England, the author constructs his rhesis by citing governa nce fa ilures by European Union member nations, explaining: "The current governance framework, despire good intentions, produces policies that a re common ly inadequate, often inappropriate, frequently ineffective, a nd widely abused." Roe pa instakingly references and puts into academic contexr much of the research on this arcane, but important, subject during what he calls the Post M odernist, post World Wa r II period. Ideally, he should have spent more time offerin g solutions to the pro blem that he artfully outlines. For example, Roe stares rhat rhe rules
rhar France and Spain implem ented more rhan a decade ago to srem ocean pollution only served to creare n ew opportun ities fo r abuse by carriers. That's because those rules weren't coordinared with subsequent ones drafred by regional and international bodies. What results from rhe inability or reluctance of nations w embrace joint sovereignty, at rhe expen se of national interest, is a regulatory vacuum that ship operators often exploit to cur costs and maximize profit. Moreover, ship owners use arbitrage (threats to register vessels in a jurisdiction with weaker rules and the resultant loss of significant taxes, fees and the embarrassing prospect of a natio n's flag no longer gracing merchant vessels) to discourage adminisrra tions from acting aggressively. Roe outlines the issues clea rly and notes the rational, ye t shrewd, industry reaction to them . Respo nse to the author's call fo r reform, including d rafti ng of globally harmonized rules, is eagerly awaited but nor expected . IRA BRESKIN Grear Neck, N ew York
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman (Ballantine Books, New York, 201 3, 45lpp, notes , biblio, index, ISBN 978- 0-34552726-4; $28hc) Ma tthew G oo dman 's lares r book shines a light on the circum fe rential journeys of Nellie Bly and Eliza beth Bisland, yo ung female reporters wo rking fo r N ew York newspapers in 1889. Bly conceived the plan, betting sh e could outrace Ju les Ve rne's Phileas Fogg of Around the World in Eighty Days; Bisla nd was rushed to her offi ce the moment Bly departed and was told by her publisher to pack her bags a nd journey around the world fo r rwo and a half months. Bly went east, steaming out of N ew York, while Bisland embarked westward by train fo r San Fra ncisco. Both women spent most of their time o n rhe wo rld's oceans, traveling aboard rhe grand steamships of the age. Bly departed for London on tlhe Hamburg-American Line's Augusta Victtoria; from the wes t coast, Bisland rook the White Star Line's Oceanic from San Frarncisco across the Pacific. W hen they eventrnally passed each other, it was on opposimg routes somewhere on S E AHISTOR~Y
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