Oceania
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Oceania
Paperback. Offers an account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalakaua, the cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. This title provides visual and historical analysis of four key monuments - Kalakaua's coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, 'Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum. Num Pages: 250 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; ACBK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833589
- ISBN
- 9780824833589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.43
€ 31.99
€ 27.43
Hardcover. Offers an account of Hawaiian public art and architecture during the reign of David Kalakaua, the cosmopolitan ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1874 to 1891. This title provides visual and historical analysis of four key monuments - Kalakaua's coronation and regalia, the King Kamehameha Statue, 'Iolani Palace, and the Hawaiian National Museum. Num Pages: 250 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; ACBK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824832636
- ISBN
- 9780824832636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.91€ 64.13
€ 69.91
€ 64.13
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
Paperback. Factual, yet human and vivid and eminently readable, The Battle for Guadacanal, is military history at its best Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068911
- ISBN
- 9780252068911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.94
€ 26.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NAL
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451473769
- ISBN
- 9780451473769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.45
€ 18.99
€ 18.45
hardcover. Vital Stepping Stone in America's War Against Japan. 264 pages, Illustrated section. The pivotal Battle of Tinian island, later to become the site of the biggest airport in the world and the base from which the the United States launched their atomic bomb attacks on Japan. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MKP; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Casemate
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612000947
- ISBN
- 9781612000947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.19
€ 34.99
€ 30.19
Paperback. Explains how to find and watch honu from shore and while snorkeling, kayaking, and especially diving. This guide features photographs, which introduce readers to honu not only as a species, but also as individual animals whose histories they have closely followed and recorded. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 160 pages, 72 in colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; WNCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831271
- ISBN
- 9780824831271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. A simple practice to heal your past and cleanse negative memories to live a more peaceful and harmonious life. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136. .
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620555101
- ISBN
- 9781620555101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.08
€ 15.99
€ 12.08
Paperback. Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. Years later he returned to find that the village's men had voluntarily destroyed their secret cult which allowed them dominance over women. This study examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, devastating act. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226819518
- ISBN
- 9780226819518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Minear, Richard H. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKCM; HBJM; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824835576
- ISBN
- 9780824835576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.35
€ 23.99
€ 21.35
Hardcover. In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 ills & figs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458728
- ISBN
- 9780857458728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.47
€ 158.47
Paperback. In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations and figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330322
- ISBN
- 9781785330322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.87
€ 44.87
Hardback. In 1908, A.M. Hocart and W.H. Rivers conducted fieldwork in the Solomon Islands and elsewhere in Island Melanesia that served as the turning point in the development of modern anthropology. Editor(s): Hviding, Edvard; Berg, Cato. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society of Oceanists. Num Pages: 308 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKL; 3JJC; HBJM; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383420
- ISBN
- 9781782383420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.25
€ 170.25
Paperback. In 1908 Arthur Maurice Hocart and William Halse Rivers Rivers brought about a turning point in modern anthropology. The two pioneers' fieldwork in Island Melanesia brought about the development of participant observation as a methodological hallmark of social anthropology. Editor(s): Hviding, Edvard. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; 3JJC; HBJM; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333392
- ISBN
- 9781785333392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.17
€ 45.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QSP; 2ABM; DCF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Mercury House United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781562791124
- ISBN
- 9781562791124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.60
€ 20.99
€ 15.60
Paperback. Deals with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 line drawings, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822312703
- ISBN
- 9780822312703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.38
€ 33.99
€ 30.38
paperback. Argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. This book treats the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 437 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520072022
- ISBN
- 9780520072022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 22.59
€ 35.99
€ 22.59
Paperback. Were there major population collapses on Pacific Islands following first contact with the West? If so, what were the actual population numbers for islands such as Hawai'i, Tahiti, or New Caledonia? This book answers these and other questions. Editor(s): Kirch, Patrick Vinton; Rallu, Jean-Louis. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; HDD; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1 New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831486
- ISBN
- 9780824831486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.71
€ 48.99
€ 40.71
paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 30 black and white himages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; ASDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300. Paperback, cover slightly scuffed, otherrwise in good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF2233826
- ISBN
- 9781623170554
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.99€ 5.12
€ 12.99
€ 5.12
Paperback. A political narrative of 20th-century Hawai'i, this work reinterprets the events leading up to and following statehood in 1959: US annexation of the Hawaiian kingdom, the wartime crisis of the Japanese-American community, post-war labour organization, and the rise of native Hawaiian nationalism. Num Pages: 370 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBJM; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826628
- ISBN
- 9780824826628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46