Oceania
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Oceania
Hardback. Rituals have always been a focus of ethnographies of Melanesia, providing a ground for important theorizing in anthropology. This book examines the role of females in Papua New Guinea male rituals. It builds on ethnographies that show how female kin had roles in male rituals that had previously gone unseen. Editor(s): Bonnemere, Pascale. Series: Social Anthropology in Oceania. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237894
- ISBN
- 9780812237894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.22
€ 96.22
Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.65
€ 36.99
€ 33.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QSPS; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578045
- ISBN
- 9781877578045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.32
€ 30.99
€ 22.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824839550
- ISBN
- 9780824839550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.75€ 57.01
€ 61.75
€ 57.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 37 halftones, 76 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBJM; HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 288 x 16. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733661
- ISBN
- 9780226733661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.28
€ 51.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 figures, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBJM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 303 x 17. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733654
- ISBN
- 9780226733654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Paperback. Oceania is characterized by thousands of islands and archipelagoes amidst the vast expanse of the Pacific. This book offers a study of ocean-people interaction in the region from 1770 to 1870. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824832971
- ISBN
- 9780824832971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843680611
- ISBN
- 9781843680611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Tells the story of their quest to coach the team and eventually, organise an international fixture - Pohnpei's first since a 16-1 defeat many years ago. This book shows how the passion and determination of two young men can change the face of football - and the lives of total strangers - on the other side of the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKCF; WSJA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685026
- ISBN
- 9781846685026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.50
€ 14.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. Explains how to find and watch honu from shore and while snorkeling, kayaking, and especially diving. This guide features photographs, which introduce readers to honu not only as a species, but also as individual animals whose histories they have closely followed and recorded. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 160 pages, 72 in colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831271
- ISBN
- 9780824831271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSL9; JHM; JPVH3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- International Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789062249886
- ISBN
- 9789062249886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.29
€ 19.99
€ 18.29
Paperback. This book reviews the long guerilla struggle of the 'Organisasi Papua Merdeka' (OPM) for a Free Papua, and traces the rise of a non-violent independence movement alongside it, the Papua Council, following the fall from power of Indonesia's military dictator, General Suharto, in 1998. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868406763
- ISBN
- 9780868406763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.41
€ 30.99
€ 26.41
Hardcover. Focuses on the process of policy transfer in the Pacific and the use of power to achieve it. The book identifies institutional transfer as a persistent theme in the study of the Pacific, and the author analyzes about forty cases of institutional transfer Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824829018
- ISBN
- 9780824829018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.25€ 60.05
€ 65.25
€ 60.05
Paperback. Makes use of the Hawaiian ecosystems to explore the mechanisms that shape productivity and diversity in ecosystems throughout the world. Integrating research from geochemistry, pedology, atmospheric chemistry, ecophysiology, and ecology, this book evaluates the controls and consequences of variation in nutrient availability and limitation. Series: Princeton Environmental Institute Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10 halftones. 84 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115801
- ISBN
- 9780691115801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.38€ 62.71
€ 87.38
€ 62.71
Hardcover. In the 1800s American and European traders arrived in Hawai'i. In response, Russia expanded its trading outposts as far west as Kaua'i and together with Kaua'i chiefs began to plan the construction of Fort Elizabeth. This text provides a study of the fort and its place in the history of Kaua'i. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1MKPH; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JW; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824824044
- ISBN
- 9780824824044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.21€ 84.45
€ 93.21
€ 84.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBWQ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd Australia
- Edition
- Australian e.
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780730376996
- ISBN
- 9780730376996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.32
€ 26.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. Philip Ells dreamed of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and palm trees, and he found these in the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu. But neither his Voluntary Service Overseas briefing pack nor his legal training could prepare him for what happened there. This title presents the story of this UK lawyer colliding with a Pacific island culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0015074
- ISBN
- 9780753511305
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.82
€ 5.82
Hardcover. Introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. This title focuses on the sham referendum of 1969, which Indonesia dubbed 'The Act of Free Choice', an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian control over West Papua. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1MKLP; 3JJP; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLW; HBLX; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687152
- ISBN
- 9781851687152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.91
€ 157.91
Hardback. Tongan women living outside of their island homeland create and use hand-made, sometimes hybridized, textiles to maintain and rework their cultural traditions in diaspora. Central to these traditions is an ancient concept of homeland or nation - fonua - which Tongans retain as an anchor for modern nation-building. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 252 pages, 19 ills, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPT; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458957
- ISBN
- 9780857458957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.18
€ 158.18
Crowley: An Erromangan (Sye) Ol27 (Oceanic Linguistics Special Publica...
Professor Of Linguistics Terry Crowley
Paperback. This volume presents a description of the language that is currently spoken on the island of Erromango, in southern Vanuatu in the southwestern part of the Pacific. Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; 2PGP; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824819354
- ISBN
- 9780824819354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75