Oceania
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Oceania
Paperback. This text is at once a detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of oneof the final modern-day experiences of first-culture contact, a classic example of historical geography, and an extraordinary tale of exploration, imperialist arrogance, blood-shed, suffering, courage, and near disaster. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718998
- ISBN
- 9780804718998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.98
€ 46.99
€ 41.98
Hardback. Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to "belong" in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, place-making and cultural identifications to explain contemporary life.. Editor(s): Hermann, Elfriede; Kempf, Wolfgang; Meijl, Toon Van. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384151
- ISBN
- 9781782384151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.29
€ 132.29
Paperback. The ant fauna of the Fijian archipelago is a diverse assemblage of endemic radiations, pan-Pacific species, and exotics introduced from around the world. This book describes the Fijian ant fauna, and includes the results of a archipelago biodiversity inventory. Series: UC Publications in Entomology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 570 b/w photographs, 133 line illustrations, 186 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716. Series: UC Publications in Entomology. 400 pages, Illustrationsstrations (black and white), maps (black and white). The ant fauna of the Fijian archipelago is a diverse assemblage of endemic radiations, pan-Pacific species, and exotics introduced from around the world. This book describes the Fijian ant fauna, and includes the results of a archipelago biodiversity inventory. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; PSVT7. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 22. Weight: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098886
- ISBN
- 9780520098886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 49.03
€ 63.23
€ 49.03
Hardback. Offers a fresh take on the modernist primitivism of the French painter Paul Gauguin, the nostalgic exoticism of the American John LaFarge, and the elite tourism of the American writer Henry Adams. This title explores how these artists, lured by romantic ideas about travel and exploration, wrestled with the elusiveness of paradise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 color illustrations, 122 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKPFT; ACBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 184 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271739
- ISBN
- 9780520271739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.62€ 63.30
€ 81.62
€ 63.30
Paperback. An engaging explanation of Oceanic art and an important gateway to wider appreciation of Oceanic heritage and visual culture Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 200 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300204292
- ISBN
- 9780300204292
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.03
€ 25.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. An important ethnographic analysis of motherhood in one Melanesian society Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067572
- ISBN
- 9780472067572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.57
€ 45.57
Paperback. The volume addresses how capitalism has been very effective in generating wealth and technological innovation, but has also been associated with social inequity and environmental damage. Its inherent flaws have been highlighted by the escalation of ecological problems arising from growth-oriented capitalism and various economic crises. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC; KCA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785605154
- ISBN
- 9781785605154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.98
€ 57.98
Pitcairn Island, the Bounty Mutineers and Their Descendants: A History
Foreword By Herbert Ford Robert W. Kirk
Paperback. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKPP; HBJM; HBTM; JWXT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786493845
- ISBN
- 9780786493845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.47
€ 44.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Anderson, Atholl; Green, Kaye; Leach, Foss. Num Pages: 319 pages, b/w photos, drawings & maps. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 200 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877372452
- ISBN
- 9781877372452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 21.80
€ 26.00
€ 21.80
Hardcover. Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332340
- ISBN
- 9781785332340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.17
€ 156.17
Paperback. Trees, Knots and Outriggers (Kaynen Muyuw) is the culmination of twenty-five years of work by Frederick H. Damon and his attention to cultural adaptations to the environment in Melanesia. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 436 pages, 49 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333200
- ISBN
- 9781785333200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332326
- ISBN
- 9781785332326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.63€ 75.91
€ 123.63
€ 75.91
hardcover. This book traces the formation of historical consciousness among the Duna people of Papua New Guinea and explores how this is constituted differently for men and women. Num Pages: 260 pages, 18 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728997
- ISBN
- 9780804728997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.47
€ 91.47
Paperback. Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. This work reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 1QSP; BGH; HBJM; HBTQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780691057521
- ISBN
- 9780691057521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 37.05
€ 50.99
€ 37.05
Hardcover. Covers the evolution of accounting, financial reporting and related institutions for major economies in the world in a comparable way. This title considers six nations from Asia and Oceania, including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Editor(s): Previts, Gary J.; Walton, Peter; Wolnizer, Peter. Series Editor(s): Previts, Gary J. Series: Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought. Num Pages: 205 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MK; KFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857248138
- ISBN
- 9780857248138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.24
€ 188.24
Paperback. Depicts Hawai'i's press against the continent, endowing America's story with fresh meaning. This book reveals Hawaiians fighting in the Civil War, sailing on nineteenth-century New England ships, and living in pre-gold rush California. It revises the way we think about islands, oceans, and continents. Series: California World History Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, 57 b/w photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261679
- ISBN
- 9780520261679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Hardback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 54 b/w photos & 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MK; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780811703147
- ISBN
- 9780811703147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.90
€ 36.99
€ 28.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Westholme Publishing, U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594161513
- ISBN
- 9781594161513
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.00
€ 25.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands, from Palau and the Marianas east of the Philippines to Cocos Island and the Galapagos west of the Americas. This title is suitable for both novice sightseers and professional naturalists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 color illustrations, 30 line illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; PSVW3; PSVW5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274969
- ISBN
- 9780520274969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.12
€ 38.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Did U.S. intelligence know of Japan's coming attack on Pearl Harbor? Did President Roosevelt know? If so, why did he withhold warnings from the commanders in Hawaii? The answers are embedded in the cogent analysis of The Pearl Harbor Myth. Num Pages: 370 pages, 9 b&w photos, map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBJD; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971614
- ISBN
- 9781597971614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.63
€ 23.99
€ 23.63