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Oceania

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

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Kelly opens new questions about dialogue, colonial power, and changing conditions of political possibility by examining the connection between politics and sexual morality in the British colony of Fiji from 1929 to 1932. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226430317
ISBN
9780226430317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

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
€ 31.64

Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293813
ISBN
9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. This study describes the daily existence of the Baining people of Papua New Guinea, who present a challenge to anthropologists because of their apparent lack of a cultural or social structure; but Jane Fajans argues that the Baining define themselves by their own productive and reproductive work. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226234441
ISBN
9780226234441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.73

Paperback. Focusing on the cultural meanings of whitemen in the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding how race is symbolically constructed and why racial stereotypes endure in the face of counter evidence. It provides an analysis of whiteness and race in a non-Western society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps, 4 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd Paperback Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038919
ISBN
9780226038919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Hardback. Ethnographic case studies explore what it means to "belong" in Oceania, as contributors consider ongoing formations of place, self and community in connection with travelling, internal and international migration. The chapters apply the multi-dimensional concepts of movement, place-making and cultural identifications to explain contemporary life.. Editor(s): Hermann, Elfriede; Kempf, Wolfgang; Meijl, Toon Van. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384151
ISBN
9781782384151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.76

Paperback. Explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonized by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. This title reveals that there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation. Num Pages: 356 pages, 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBJM; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300180565
ISBN
9780300180565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.96

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333494
ISBN
9780822333494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

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

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. Stuart Kirsch is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He has consulted widely on environmental issues and land rights in the Pacific, and was actively involved in the political campaign and legal case against the environmental impact of the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 20 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804753425
ISBN
9780804753425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AKTH; JFCK; WCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 288 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Patagonia Books
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938340567
ISBN
9781938340567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.19
€ 54.33

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

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

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

€ 103.83

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