Francis X. Hezel
Francis X. Hezel, S.J., is a Jesuit priest who has lived and worked in Micronesia for forty-five years. He founded and directed the Micronesian Seminar, a church-sponsored research institute that engaged in a broad public education program for the islands. He is the author of several books on the region’s history and culture, including The First Taint of Civilization, Strangers in Their Own Land, and The New Shape of Old Island Cultures. His articles and videos and other products of the Micronesian Seminar can be viewed on-line at the Micronesian Seminar website: www.micsem.org.
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Strangers in Their Own Land
A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands
University of Hawaii Press
- Copyright year: 1995
The New Shape of Old Island Cultures
A Half Century of Social Change in Micronesia
University of Hawaii Press
- Copyright year: 2001
The First Taint of Civilization
A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-Colonial Days, 1521–1885
University of Hawaii Press
- Copyright year: 1983
Making Sense of Micronesia
The Logic of Pacific Island Culture
University of Hawaii Press
- Copyright year: 2013
Summoning the Powers Beyond
Traditional Religions in Micronesia
By Jay Dobbin and Francis X. Hezel
University of Hawaii Press
- Copyright year: 2011
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