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Oceania

Paperback. Describes how, when and by whom Hoa Hakanai'a was collected. This work reconstructs the underlying Rapanui aesthetic and social structure that produced Hoa Hakanai'a, and which has been obscured by time and historic accident. Series: British Museum Research Publication. Num Pages: 76 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; AFK; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861591589
ISBN
9780861591589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.42

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

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

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804753425
ISBN
9780804753425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753418
ISBN
9780804753418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. In the middle decades of the 20th century, Hawai'i changed rapidly from a conservative oligarchy firmly controlled by a Euro-American elite to arguably the most progressive part of the United States. This study explains how Filipinos, Japanese, Portuguese, and others overcame racial divisions and mobilized a mass working-class movement. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JHBL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135344
ISBN
9780231135344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.32

Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080966
ISBN
9780520080966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

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
€ 28.03

hardcover. Documents Easter Island's enigmatic script, Rongorongo, Oceania's only known pre-20th-century writing system. This study of this eloquent graphic achievement shows full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving Rongorongo inscriptions, with detailed photographs of nearly all the incised artefacts. Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Num Pages: 736 pages, numerous halftones, black and white line figures, rongorongo inscriptions, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780198237105
ISBN
9780198237105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 591.14

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

€ 155.35

Paperback. This collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a "third sex" in nature and culture. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 21 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327525
ISBN
9780226327525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. The overall purpose of this book is to provide a foundation for Samoan students to become the custodians of the historical narrative based on Archaeological research. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white. BIC Classification: 1MKPR; GM; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 290 x 16. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Archaeopress
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784913090
ISBN
9781784913090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.56

Paperback. Offers information about Hawaiian fishes and includes over 372 species. This title presents some of the most important characteristics to identify a fish as well as the size attained and its distribution. It features species accounts that begin with the American common name, followed by the Hawaiian name (when known), and the scientific name. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 232 pages, 475 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; PSVW1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824834272
ISBN
9780824834272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 185 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; KCBM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621004301
ISBN
9781621004301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.00
€ 70.11

paperback. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138981966
ISBN
9781138981966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.86

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

€ 101.01
€ 83.51

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
€ 31.50

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

Hardback. Papua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and social distance between village societies and the country's formal courts. There are now more than 1100 village courts all over PNG, hearing thousands of cases each week. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455613
ISBN
9781845455613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.71

Paperback. Examines the cultural and personal experiences of chronic and acute pain sufferers in an account of everyday beliefs, values, and practices on the island of Yap (Waqab), Federated States of Micronesia. This title focuses on how pain is implicated in the fashioning of particular Yapese understandings of ethical subjectivity and right action. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKCF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260580
ISBN
9780520260580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

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