Oceania
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Oceania
Hardcover. This is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this without the aid of navigational equipment, and with the aim of proving that their ancestors had done just the same thousands of years earlier. Illustrator(s): Rhodes, Richard. Num Pages: 401 pages, 84 figures, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JHM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080027
- ISBN
- 9780520080027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. The author convinces a tribe in remote New Guinea to allow him to become initiated along with 15 boys due to undergo the rite of passage into manhood. Their totemic god is the crocodile and crocodile marks are carved onto their bodies with sharpened bamboo. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571206223
- ISBN
- 9780571206223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 154 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604565171
- ISBN
- 9781604565171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.45€ 80.34
€ 116.45
€ 80.34
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Radius Books United States
- Edition
- Slp
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934435625
- ISBN
- 9781934435625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.96
€ 60.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Montague, Brendan E. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKC; 1MKCM; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629485898
- ISBN
- 9781629485898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.12€ 129.19
€ 190.12
€ 129.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415738644
- ISBN
- 9780415738644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.36
€ 26.99
€ 25.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 b/w. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Motorbooks International
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780760345917
- ISBN
- 9780760345917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.57
€ 26.99
€ 24.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 14 color illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164243
- ISBN
- 9780691164243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
€ 67.89
Paperback. Suitable for historians, ethnologists and students of Hawaiian literature and culture, this work examines the stories that identify the origins and places of the earliest inhabitants of Ha'ena. It outlines the unique relationships developed by Hawaiians with the environment and describes the system used to look after the land and the sea. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824834104
- ISBN
- 9780824834104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.77
€ 26.77
Paperback. "An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology. Its excellent ethnography and its provocative theory make it essential reading for all those concerned with the understanding of human emotions."--Karl G. Heider, "American Anthropologist" Num Pages: 288 pages, 6ill.2M. BIC Classification: 1MKC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226497228
- ISBN
- 9780226497228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPT; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477393
- ISBN
- 9780801477393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.39
€ 34.39
Paperback. December 1941, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers were hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a Herculean task; to rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet. For the first time, the chief diver of the Pearl Harbor salvage operations tells the whole story. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591147244
- ISBN
- 9781591147244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Num Pages: 208 pages, 540 photos. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JHM; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 287 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764312472
- ISBN
- 9780764312472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Hardback. Focusing on transformation and continuity over time in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa, among others, contributors assert that kinship is a lived and living dimension of contemporary human lives. The ethnographic case studies add to the understanding of kinship as-according to Unaisi Nabobo-Baba-"knowledge that counts." Editor(s): Toren, Christina; Pauwels, Simonne. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 300 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385776
- ISBN
- 9781782385776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.43
€ 155.43
Paperback. Analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Far from being a practice of individualism, this title offers local people ways to make social groups sacred units of critique. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HRCC2; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283763
- ISBN
- 9780520283763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.89
€ 33.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AKTH; JFCK; WCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 288 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Patagonia Books
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938340567
- ISBN
- 9781938340567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 54.33
€ 59.41
€ 54.33
Paperback. For West Papua and its people, the promise of sovereignty has never been realized, despite a long and fraught struggle for independence from Indonesia. This title shows how a complex interplay of various observers is key to the establishment and understanding of the sovereign nation-state. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731988
- ISBN
- 9780226731988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
hardcover. This book is a comparative philosophical analysis of Melanesian communal land tenure and the 'Western' paradigm of private ownership. Inherent ideological tensions between Western development and communal ownership are highlighted while also drawing attention to conflict between principles of private ownership and environmental ethics. Editor(s): Lea, David. Num Pages: 204 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1MKL; KC; LAB; LNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804567
- ISBN
- 9780761804567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL9; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699421
- ISBN
- 9780816699421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. This title addresses the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFCV; JFSC; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 49.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260931
- ISBN
- 9780520260931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.83
€ 36.83