Oceania
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Oceania
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
€ 115.88
€ 115.88
Paperback. The 1943 invasion of Bougainville, largest and northernmost of the Solomon Islands, and the naval battles during the campaign for the island, contributed heavily to the defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific War. This work is an account of the long and bitter fighting that took place. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKLS; HBJD; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190471
- ISBN
- 9780813190471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.21
€ 32.21
Paperback. Upon her death in 1884, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop entrusted her property - known as Bishop Estate - to five trustees. Then in August 1997 the unthinkable happened: four revered kupuna and a professor of trust-law charged Bishop Estate trustees with massive trust abuse. This book, together with historical background, focuses on these events. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 344 pages, 95 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JKSN1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824830441
- ISBN
- 9780824830441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.28
€ 32.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930947
- ISBN
- 9780813930947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.52
€ 100.52
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
€ 29.99€ 22.12
€ 29.99
€ 22.12
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
€ 36.63
€ 36.63
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
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
Hardcover. The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. Editor(s): Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra L. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 ills, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; HRAM2; HRC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 259 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. 260 pages, 9 ills, 3 maps. Editor(s): Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra L. The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MK; HRAM2; HRC; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457462
- ISBN
- 9780857457462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.25
€ 156.25
Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009322
- ISBN
- 9780691009322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Hardback. Hawaii's forest bird community is the most insular and most endangered in the world and serves as a case study for threatened species globally. Ten have disappeared, nine are critically endangered, and even common species are in decline. This book describes the research and conservation efforts to save Hawaii's forest birds. Editor(s): Pratt, Thane K.; Atkinson, Carter T.; Banko, Mr. Paul C.; Jacobi, James D.; Woodworth, Ms. Bethany L. Num Pages: 640 pages, 97 black-&-white illustrations + 32 colour images. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; PSVW6; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141085
- ISBN
- 9780300141085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. 312 pages, 25 illustrations. Presents an ethnographic examination of the social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. This book focuses on the area that was the site of a biodiversity conservation project. It demonstrates the capacity of ethnography to illuminate the relationship between trans-national processes and individual lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; GTB; JHMP; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337492
- ISBN
- 9780822337492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
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
€ 156.19
€ 156.19
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
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Hardcover. Series: Anthropology Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 11 colour, 201 black and white photographs, 36 line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HDD; JHMP; TGXT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890968703
- ISBN
- 9780890968703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.17
€ 98.17
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
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Hardcover. Features a study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. This book demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping local, regional, and transnational agendas of Cook Islanders. It also covers conventional views of globalization's impact on indigenous communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKPC; AS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780824832445
- ISBN
- 9780824832445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.74
€ 76.74
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
€ 25.99€ 22.97
€ 25.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKCU; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833343
- ISBN
- 9780824833343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Hardback. An examination of the strategies used by outsiders to usurp Hawaiian lands and undermine indigenous Hawaiian culture. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples, it investigates Captain Cook's journals, Hollywood films and commercialized hula, to show how they displace native culture. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL9; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- KDenn
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691401
- ISBN
- 9780847691401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.73
€ 156.73
Paperback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b&w photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178792
- ISBN
- 9780231178792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.37
€ 36.99
€ 27.37
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b&w photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231178785
- ISBN
- 9780231178785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.85
€ 141.85
Hardcover. Drawing together a wide variety of material on the history, ethnography, and medical anthropology of tobacco in the Pacific islands, this book presents how the introduction and spread of tobacco affected the lives of islanders. The study illustrates the Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFFH1; JHMC; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824836856
- ISBN
- 9780824836856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.21
€ 75.21
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
€ 112.44€ 78.26
€ 112.44
€ 78.26
Paperback. An investigation of how the advance of capitalism, colonialism, and Christianity has engaged a Melanasian society Num Pages: 360 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472088355
- ISBN
- 9780472088355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.37
€ 50.37