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Oceania
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
€ 167.29
€ 167.29
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
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Suitable for historians, ethnologists and students of Hawaiian literature and culture, this work examines the stories that identify the origins and places of the earliest inhabitants of Ha'ena. It outlines the unique relationships developed by Hawaiians with the environment and describes the system used to look after the land and the sea. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824834104
- ISBN
- 9780824834104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.77
€ 26.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824824518
- ISBN
- 9780824824518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 19.10
€ 30.99
€ 19.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 359 postcards. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322198
- ISBN
- 9780764322198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.20
€ 31.99
€ 21.20
Hardcover. This book is written for upper elementary audience and is an introduction to the amazing behavioral adaptations of some of Hawaiis most intriguing animals. The book presents twelve animals along with biological and environmental information on how and why these animals may have developed their unique behaviors. Series: A Latitude 20 Book. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; PSV; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824839628
- ISBN
- 9780824839628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.67
€ 17.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. An assessment of the legal and cultural effects of the arbitrary correlation of blood and race imposed by the US government on the indigenous peoples of Hawai'i. It demonstrates how blood quantum, a system originally intended to restore land to Native Hawaiians, has in fact become an extension of US imperial power in Hawai'i. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340799
- ISBN
- 9780822340799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 b/w & 6 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; ANF; ASDX; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837636697
- ISBN
- 9783837636697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.14
€ 53.46
€ 42.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 604 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824805142
- ISBN
- 9780824805142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.49
€ 32.99
€ 30.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Carey, Rebecca; Cayol, Valerie; Poland, Michael; Weis, Dominique. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 344 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118872048
- ISBN
- 9781118872048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.71
€ 219.71
hardcover. Papua New Guinea has experienced a remarkably rapid transition from scattered primitive societies to a modern unified nation. The dictionary covers major economic, social, political, and cultural developments, basic geographic information and biographies. With maps. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GBC; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839366
- ISBN
- 9780810839366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.03
€ 192.03
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 478 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKP; GBC; HBJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810867727
- ISBN
- 9780810867727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.17
€ 168.17
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813587431
- ISBN
- 9780813587431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.43
€ 41.99
€ 37.43
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813587448
- ISBN
- 9780813587448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 280 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Die Gestalten Verlag
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899556605
- ISBN
- 9783899556605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. An engaging explanation of Oceanic art and an important gateway to wider appreciation of Oceanic heritage and visual culture Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 200 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300204292
- ISBN
- 9780300204292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.49
€ 26.99
€ 20.49
Num Pages: 208 pages, 540 photos. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JHM; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 287 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764312472
- ISBN
- 9780764312472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.18
€ 48.99
€ 32.18
Hardback. Between the 1870s and the 1930s competing European powers carved out and consolidated colonies in Melanesia, the most culturally diverse region of the world. As part of this process, great assemblages of ethnographic artefacts were made by a range of collectors whose diversity is captured in this volume. Editor(s): O'Hanlon, Michael; Welsch, Robert L. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 ills, 5 maps, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818119
- ISBN
- 9781571818119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Paperback. "Iep jaltok: woman is a basket is a collection of poetry by a young Marshallese woman highlighting the traumas of her people through colonialism, racism, forced migration, the legacy of nuclear testing by America, and the impending threats of climate change"--Provided by publisher. Series: Sun Tracks. Num Pages: 96 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1MKCM; 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816534029
- ISBN
- 9780816534029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.03
€ 16.99
€ 15.03
Hardcover. Nearly half the people born on the remote Mbuke Islands become teachers, businessmen, or bureaucrats in urban centers, while those who stay at home ask migrant relatives "What about me?" This detailed ethnography sheds light on remittance motivations and documents how terms like "community" can be useful in places otherwise permeated by kinship. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387817
- ISBN
- 9781782387817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88