Book reviews including 'Empire of love: histories of France and the Pacific' by Matt K. Matsuda

Stewart Firth reviews the book 'Asia-Pacific constitutional systems' by Graham Hassall and Cheryl Saunders, published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002; Bryant Allen reviews the book 'New Guinea: crossing boundaries and history' by Clive Moore, published by the University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 2003; Frances Steele reviews the book 'Pacific places, Pacific sistories: essays in honor of Robert C. Kiste' edited by Brij V. Lal, published by the University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 2004; Lorenzo Veracini reviews the book 'Empire of love: histories of France and the Pacific' by Matt K. Matsuda, published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2005; Meredith Filihia reviews the book 'Songs and poems of Queen Salote', presented by HRH Princess Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho, Melenaite Taumoefolau, Elizabeth Wood-Ellem and Adrienne Kaeppler, published by Vava'u Press, Nuku'alofa, 2004; Unasa L. F. Va'a reviews the book ''First contacts' in Polynesia: the Samoan Case (1722-1848): Western misunderstandings about sexuality and divinity' by Serge Tcherkezoff, published by The Journal of Pacific History Inc, Canberra and The Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, Christchurch, 2004