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Oceania
Paperback. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression. 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353652
- ISBN
- 9780822353652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
€ 34.99
€ 31.30
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
€ 64.08€ 59.04
€ 64.08
€ 59.04
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
€ 99.03€ 82.60
€ 99.03
€ 82.60
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
€ 38.99€ 31.27
€ 38.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Barkcloth, or masi, is the traditional art form of the women of Vatulele Island. Its manufacture continues to flourish, even increase, while many other arts are declining, despite the fact that most of its functional roles have been usurped by Western cloth and paper. This book explores this apparent paradox. Num Pages: 432 pages, 96 illustrations, 32 in colour. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; AFTB; AFW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 175 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831127
- ISBN
- 9780824831127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.91€ 64.13
€ 69.91
€ 64.13
Paperback. Includes generous excerpts from the work of explorers, soldiers, naturalists, anthropologists, artists, and writers - some famous, some obscure. This book shows how "the Great South Sea" has been an irreplaceable "distant mirror" of the West and its intellectual obsessions since the Renaissance. Editor(s): Lansdown, Richard. Num Pages: 496 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824830427
- ISBN
- 9780824830427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.49
€ 37.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. This is a summary of colonial rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands. Series: Pacific Islands Monograph Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 60 illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKC; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824828042
- ISBN
- 9780824828042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
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
€ 169.53
€ 169.53
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
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764331862
- ISBN
- 9780764331862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.52
€ 20.99
€ 15.52
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
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Dover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486466125
- ISBN
- 9780486466125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.63
€ 10.99
€ 9.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 250 photos. BIC Classification: 1MKP; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- Limited Edition, Signed by Author
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764309410
- ISBN
- 9780764309410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.55€ 52.96
€ 74.55
€ 52.96
Hardcover. Comparative analysis of the Japanese communities presents a clear picture of what historian Yuji Ichioka called the distinctive histories as well as the shared experiences of Japanese Americans. Language schools were accused of indoctrinating Mikadoism to Japanese American children as part of Japan's plan to colonize the United States. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWS; 1MKPH; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824828981
- ISBN
- 9780824828981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.21€ 84.45
€ 93.21
€ 84.45
Hardcover. Examines the foundational texts that pioneered and consolidated the new subdiscipline and served as the building blocks and stepping-stone for further developments in the field. This book is concerned with the development of Pacific Islands history as a specialization in its own right. Editor(s): Munro, Doug; Lal, Brij V. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HBAH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824829421
- ISBN
- 9780824829421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.03€ 52.89
€ 57.03
€ 52.89
Paperback. Broadly speaking, the Korean 1.5 generation refers to the bilingual children of immigrants or immigrants who arrived in their formative years and identify with both Korean and American culture. A 1.5er herself, Danico (sociology, California State Polytechnic U.) investigates how Korean immigrants to Hawai'i are socialized into their identities. U Series: Intersections: Asian & Pacific American Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1MKPH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826956
- ISBN
- 9780824826956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Exploring the role of empathy in a variety of Pacific societies, this book is at the forefront of the latest anthropological research on empathy. It presents distinct articulations of empathy in the Pacific region. More specifically, the volume examines significant regional patterns in the experience, enactment, recognition, and limits of empathy. Editor(s): Hollan, Douglas W.; Throop, C. Jason. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857451026
- ISBN
- 9780857451026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.24
€ 158.24
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
€ 64.08€ 50.01
€ 64.08
€ 50.01
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
€ 53.99€ 37.42
€ 53.99
€ 37.42
Hardcover. The structure known as the Governor's Palace during Guam's Spanish period and Government House during its American naval period, has remained an integral part of present-day Agana. This volume records the findings of archaeological excavations that began in 1983. Series: MARC Monograph Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKCU; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878453860
- ISBN
- 9781878453860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66