Oceania
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Oceania
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
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. Writing of Ranongga Island, the author tracks engagements with foreigners across many realms of life, describing startling reversals in which strangers become attached to local places, even as kinspeople are estranged. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330209
- ISBN
- 9781785330209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.78
€ 156.78
Paperback. Challenging the dominant view of Hawai'i as a "melting pot paradise" - a place of ethnic tolerance and equality - this title examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. It finds that ethnicity, not race or class, signifies difference for Hawai'i's people and therefore structures their social relations. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137565
- ISBN
- 9781592137565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Paperback. This anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries. Num Pages: 386 pages, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJM; HBTM; RGR; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468464
- ISBN
- 9780226468464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.23
€ 44.23
Paperback. This is the diary of five years spent in hot pursuit - not of honour and glory, but of excitement and riches - by Michael Leahy. Together with his brothers and friends, he explored the unknown interior of New Guinea, seeking gold and making contact with the aborigines of the interior mountains. Editor(s): Jones, Douglas E. (Director, Alabama State Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJG; BG; JHM; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817304461
- ISBN
- 9780817304461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. For the independent traveler looking to go beyond tourist luaus and snorkel cruises, this new edition guides you to the best Oahu has to offer. Series: Explorer's Great Destinations. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black-and-white photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581571226
- ISBN
- 9781581571226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600214646
- ISBN
- 9781600214646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.50€ 134.64
€ 198.50
€ 134.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; CBD; HBJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9789829804716
- ISBN
- 9789829804716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.60
€ 47.60
Hardcover. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 332 pages, 25 ills, 4 figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459190
- ISBN
- 9780857459190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.63
€ 156.63
Hardcover. Western societies draw crucially on concepts of the "individual" in constructing their images of the ethnic group and nation and define these in terms of difference. This study explores the implications of these constructs for Western understanding of social order and ethnic conflicts. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816801
- ISBN
- 9781571816801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.60
€ 155.60
paperback. West Papua has been occupied by the Indonesian military for forty years. The author, an anthropologist, went there planning to study the resistance movements working for independence. This title narrates the complexities of West Papuan attitudes, including their unfulfilled expectations of freedom following the fall of Suharto. Num Pages: 328 pages, 52 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; JHM; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780822351344
- ISBN
- 9780822351344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.76
€ 34.99
€ 27.76
Paperback. Looks at the process from which coffee is grown, gathered, sorted, shipped, and served from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to coffee shops in places as far apart as New York, Australia, and London. Num Pages: 360 pages, 35 photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHM; KNDF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1.11.2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351504
- ISBN
- 9780822351504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.20
€ 36.99
€ 33.20
Hardcover. Series: Race and Ethnicity in Hawai'i. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824839505
- ISBN
- 9780824839505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792070
- ISBN
- 9781941792070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Paperback. Illuminates the various ways in which sex and gender are elaborated, obsessed over, and internalized, shaping subjective experiences common to entire cultural regions, and beyond. Through comparison of the life ways of Melanesia and Amazonia, this work expands the study of gender and the comparative method in anthropology. Editor(s): Gregor, Thomas; Tuzin, Donald F. Num Pages: 402 pages, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228528
- ISBN
- 9780520228528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.87
€ 48.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Besnier, Niko. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824838829
- ISBN
- 9780824838829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.12
€ 101.12
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
€ 185.26
€ 185.26
Board book.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Our World of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 20
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602190078
- ISBN
- 9781602190078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.14
€ 11.14
Hardcover. What gives artefacts their power and beauty? This ethnographic study of the decorated long yams made by the Nyamikum Abelam in Papua New Guinea examines how these artefacts acquire their specific properties through processes that mobilise and recruit diverse entities, substances and domains. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 figs & ills, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFCD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457332
- ISBN
- 9780857457332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.01
€ 174.01
Paperback. Analyzing the three Japanese attempts to retake the island in the face of ferocious American resistance, this book shows how the battle was won and lost, and how it affected the outcome of the Pacific War as a whole. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 249 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472806932
- ISBN
- 9781472806932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.82
€ 21.99
€ 15.82
Paperback. In December 1941, Guam became the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese. Therefore, its recapture was both politically and psychologically of great importance. This book examines the campaign mounted by the US Marines, Army and Navy in their successful, if bloody, operation to recapture the state. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKCU; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 188 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841768113
- ISBN
- 9781841768113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.00
€ 21.99
€ 16.00
Paperback. This unique study of boy-inseminating rituals among the Sambia of New Guinea challenges our deepest assumptions about the role of culture in understanding homosexuality and gender-identity development. Num Pages: 401 pages, 2 halftones, 1 map, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327495
- ISBN
- 9780226327495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Guide and Reference to the Amphibians of Western North America (North ...
Bartlett, R. D.; Bartlett, Patricia P.
Paperback. More than 500 species and subspecies of amphibians and reptiles can be found in the western United States. This title offers a survey of the frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, turtles, and lizards that reside west of the Rocky Mountains (north of Mexico) and in Hawaii. It is suitable for the general reader and amateur naturalist. Num Pages: 256 pages, 159 colour photos, 8 b/w photos, 103 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1MKPH; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032986
- ISBN
- 9780813032986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.36
€ 30.99
€ 28.36
Guide and Reference to the Snakes of Western North America (North of M...
Bartlett, R. D.; Bartlett, Patricia P.
Paperback. Contains information on how to search for herpetofauna, habitat descriptions, captive care, and a section on reptiles and the law. This guide is suitable for amateur or professional naturalists, as well as for those living in or visiting a western state who is interested in knowing more about the natural world around them. Num Pages: 304 pages, 190 colour photos, 6 b/w photos, 85 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1MKPH; WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813033013
- ISBN
- 9780813033013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.14
€ 30.99
€ 29.14