Oceania
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Oceania
Hardback. A comprehensive overview of human history from two million years ago to the historic period. Focusing on East Asia and Oceania, this encyclopedia is prepared under the auspices and with the support of the Human Relations Area Files, and an internationally distinguished advisory board. Editor(s): Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Melvin. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1MK; HBG; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1281.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306462573
- ISBN
- 9780306462573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.51
€ 191.51
Paperback. An overview of public religion in California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Editor(s): Roof, Wade Clark; Silk, Mark. Series: Religion by Region. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWN; 1MKPH; HR; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759106390
- ISBN
- 9780759106390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
Hardback. Presents the research results from three years of interdisciplinary expeditions to Easter Island. The primary objectives were to investigate the effects of human population growth on the ecology of the island and to discover whether any dramatic climatic changes such as a prolonged El Nino could have disrupted the island's fragile ecosystem. Editor(s): Tanacredi, John T.; Loret, John. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306474941
- ISBN
- 9780306474941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.02
€ 191.02
Paperback. A report that contains the findings from rapid biological assessments around Mont Panie, the tallest mountain in New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. It intends to gather data on biodiversity, analyze local climate trends, assess threats, and identify conservation priorities. Editor(s): Tron, Francois; Cassan, Jean-Jerome; Larsen, Trond Halvor; Franquet, Romain. Series: RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment. Num Pages: 200 pages, 40 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1MKLN; PSAF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Conservation International,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934151549
- ISBN
- 9781934151549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.79
€ 29.79
Paperback. It is important to see China's activities in the Pacific Islands, not just in terms of a specific set of interests, but in the context of Beijing's recent efforts to develop a comprehensive and global foreign policy. China's policy towards Oceania is part of a much larger outreach to the developing world.. Editor(s): Wesley-Smith, Terence; Porter, Edgar. Series: Foundations of Asia Pacific Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MK; JPS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456320
- ISBN
- 9781845456320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.50
€ 44.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 2P; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oratia Books
- Edition
- 4th Enhanced
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780947506087
- ISBN
- 9780947506087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.83
€ 31.99
€ 21.83
Board book.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Our World of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 20
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602190078
- ISBN
- 9781602190078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.06
€ 11.06
Paperback. Inspired by recent work on diaspora and cultural globalization, this text argues that the political and economic activities of Chinese migrants can be best understood by taking into account their links to one another and China through a transnational perspective. Num Pages: 362 pages, 9 halftones, 6 line drawings, 4 maps, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBNC; 1KLSR; 1MKPH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226560250
- ISBN
- 9780226560250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
€ 42.99
€ 32.85
Hardcover. Studies the specific circumstances of a prison in the Asia Pacific area. Num Pages: Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 393.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815811
- ISBN
- 9781571815811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.54
€ 157.54
Paperback. Prison Studies, a growing field of interest for social scientists, is mostly focusing on western societies and Japan. This study of a prison in the Asia Pacific area is based on extensive fieldwork among prisoners locked up in the maximum-security jail of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816948
- ISBN
- 9781571816948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.97
€ 43.97
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive history of the war fought in New Caledonia in 1917-18, which involved the French army, mostly European settlers and Kanak. In three parts, this history addresses the events leading to the outbreak of war, how those involved explained the events that they took part in and how the war has since been represented Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824835095
- ISBN
- 9780824835095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86€ 59.04
€ 63.86
€ 59.04
Hardback. Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions. 288 pages, 16-pg photo section. The attack in December, 1941, has been portrayed by historians as a dazzling success, brilliantly conceived and meticulously plannedA". With most historians concentrating on command errors and the story of participants' experiences, this book presents a detailed evaluation of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on an operational and tactical level. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000107
- ISBN
- 9781612000107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardback. Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnography about the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea; an enormous gold mine operated by an international conglomerate on Ipili land; and the process through which "the Ipili" and "the mine" brought each other into being as entities. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354949
- ISBN
- 9780822354949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
paperback. Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies, and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative sociology. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology: Cultural Forms. Num Pages: 358 pages, 35 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; AFY; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780198280903
- ISBN
- 9780198280903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.82
€ 151.82
Hardcover. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives "What about me?" This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like "community" can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387817
- ISBN
- 9781782387817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.95
€ 157.95
Paperback. This volume offers information on how, for 50 years, the bush Kaliai in Melanesia have worked the deserted cargo left by US Marines during World War II into their indigenous culture. The author seeks to show how cargo cults in general bring together past, present and future. Series: New Directions in Anthropological Writing S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299158040
- ISBN
- 9780299158040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.51
€ 32.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Addresses a wide range of questions relevant to the history of anthropology and its importance for contemporary issues. Drawing on his own research, Strathern advances the call for holistic models of human behaviour which reconceptualise the relationship between body and mind. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 1QSP; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873384797
- ISBN
- 9780873384797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
€ 26.99
€ 23.37
Paperback. In a postmodern era in which culture has been dismissed by many anthropologists as a reification, this study argues for cultural holism by showing how symbolic, psychological, religious and linguistic factors have shaped Melpa responses to political and economic crises. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386616
- ISBN
- 9780873386616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.44
€ 34.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This book explores the world of surfboard making as a global industry. Based on researches, interviews in Hawaii, California, and Australia, this book constructs stories of challenges local, independent surfboard shapers encounter in the face of billion dollar, mass production surfing industry such as Billabong and Quicksilver. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1MBF; 1MKPH; WF; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824839437
- ISBN
- 9780824839437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.48
€ 36.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 332 pages, 25 ills, 4 figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459190
- ISBN
- 9780857459190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.62
€ 158.62