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Oceania
Hardcover. What gives artefacts their power and beauty? This ethnographic study of the decorated long yams made by the Nyamikum Abelam in Papua New Guinea examines how these artefacts acquire their specific properties through processes that mobilise and recruit diverse entities, substances and domains. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 figs & ills, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFCD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457332
- ISBN
- 9780857457332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.24
€ 183.24
Paperback. A simple practice to heal your past and cleanse negative memories to live a more peaceful and harmonious life. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136. .
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620555101
- ISBN
- 9781620555101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
hardcover. In a series of epic self-narratives ranging from traditional cultural embodiments to picaresque adventures, Christian epiphanies and a host of interactive strategies and techniques for living, Kewa Highlanders (PNG) attempt to shape and control their selves and their relentlessly changing world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845455255
- ISBN
- 9781845455255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.29
€ 161.29
Filled with over 460 beautiful photos, this book gives a historical account of Hawaii's fashion industry. Unique island designs, exotic fabrics, and traditional garments are all included within this spectacular display of Hawaiian paradise. Num Pages: 192 pages, 469 color photos. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AKTA; JFCK; WCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764310157
- ISBN
- 9780764310157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.67€ 39.14
€ 54.67
€ 39.14
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640211
- ISBN
- 9780691640211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.96
€ 189.96
Paperback. Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816679225
- ISBN
- 9780816679225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.32
€ 30.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Investigates state involvement in war crimes surrounding activists on the island of Bougainville, who struggled to close a Rio Tinto owned copper mine Series: State Crime. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; JKVK; JPW; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335049
- ISBN
- 9780745335049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.38
€ 40.99
€ 31.38
Hardback. Investigates state involvement in war crimes surrounding activists on the island of Bougainville, who struggled to close a Rio Tinto owned copper mine Series: State Crime. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; JKVK; JPW; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335032
- ISBN
- 9780745335032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.05€ 82.98
€ 101.05
€ 82.98
Hardback. Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies. Num Pages: 38 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452933
- ISBN
- 9781845452933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.51
€ 164.51
Hardcover. Norwegians in colonial Africa and Oceania had varying aspirations and adapted in different ways to changing social, political and geographical circumstances in foreign, colonial settings. This collection reveals narratives of the colonial era that are often ignored or obscured by the national histories of former colonial powers. Editor(s): Kjerland, Kirsten Alsaker; Bertelsen, Bjorn Enge. Num Pages: 404 pages, 36 ills, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 1H; 1MK; HBJ; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385394
- ISBN
- 9781782385394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.11
€ 183.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJPK; AJB; AJCP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 255 x 10. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873658065
- ISBN
- 9780873658065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.80
€ 40.99
€ 33.80
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, 29 illus. 5 maps and diagrams. BIC Classification: 1MKL; HRAC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631738
- ISBN
- 9780691631738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.67
€ 189.67
Paperback. This volume offers and extensive critique of Benedict Anderson's deepitions of colonial history, his comparative method, and his political anthropology. Num Pages: 250 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; HBJM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226429908
- ISBN
- 9780226429908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Hardcover. In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 ills & figs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458728
- ISBN
- 9780857458728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.36
€ 164.36
Hardback. Topics in this volume include: interlingual contact in the Pacific to the mid-19th century; the Sandalwood period; the Tok Pisin language; oceanic Austronesian languages; structures and sources of pidgin syntax; the pidgin pronominal system; and calquing - pidgin and Solomons languages. Num Pages: 280 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1MKL; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714501
- ISBN
- 9780804714501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.27
€ 91.27
Hardcover. Kees van Dijk traces the emergence of superpowers during the colonial race and analyzes their conduct as they struggled for territory. Series: Global Asia. Num Pages: 526 pages, 0 black and white; 36 full color. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF; HBJQ; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 34. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089644206
- ISBN
- 9789089644206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.48
€ 201.48
Paperback. "Iep jaltok: woman is a basket is a collection of poetry by a young Marshallese woman highlighting the traumas of her people through colonialism, racism, forced migration, the legacy of nuclear testing by America, and the impending threats of climate change"--Provided by publisher. Series: Sun Tracks. Num Pages: 96 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1MKCM; 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816534029
- ISBN
- 9780816534029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.92
€ 19.99
€ 17.92
Hardback. The inhabitants of Pororan Island, a small group of "saltwater people" in Papua New Guinea, are intensely interested in the movements of persons across the island and across the sea, both in their everyday lives as fishing people and on ritual occasions. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486. An Ethnography of a Melanesian Island. 264 pages, black & white illustrations. The inhabitants of Pororan Island, a small group of "saltwater people" in Papua New Guinea, are intensely interested in the movements of persons across the island and across the sea, both in their everyday lives as fishing people and on ritual occasions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHM. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453013
- ISBN
- 9780857453013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.30
€ 164.30
Hardback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362128
- ISBN
- 9780822362128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.08
€ 107.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780600536
- ISBN
- 9781780600536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17