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Hardcover. Drawing together a wide variety of material on the history, ethnography, and medical anthropology of tobacco in the Pacific islands, this book presents how the introduction and spread of tobacco affected the lives of islanders. The study illustrates the Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFFH1; JHMC; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824836856
- ISBN
- 9780824836856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.94€ 58.02
€ 62.94
€ 58.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w, 36 col images, 182 x 257mm. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sidestone Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789088900884
- ISBN
- 9789088900884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.06
€ 51.99
€ 50.06
Hardcover. Features a study of gender, globalization, and expressive culture in the Cook Islands. This book demonstrates how dance in particular plays a key role in articulating the overlapping local, regional, and transnational agendas of Cook Islanders. It also covers conventional views of globalization's impact on indigenous communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKPC; AS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780824832445
- ISBN
- 9780824832445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11€ 58.88
€ 64.11
€ 58.88
Paperback. This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands. Editor(s): Lilley, Ian. Series: Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Num Pages: 416 pages, 67. BIC Classification: 1MK; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230830
- ISBN
- 9780631230830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.38
€ 56.38
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
€ 170.01
€ 170.01
Paperback. An overview of public religion in California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Editor(s): Roof, Wade Clark; Silk, Mark. Series: Religion by Region. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWN; 1MKPH; HR; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759106390
- ISBN
- 9780759106390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
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
Hardcover. This work chronicles the growth - and the growing pains - of the tourist economy on Maui. It takes the readers into the heart of this island paradise to reveal the complexity of economic and environmental issues, especially as perceived by Maui's residents since the 1950s. Series: Development of Western Resources S. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; GTB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610860
- ISBN
- 9780700610860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.94€ 58.02
€ 62.94
€ 58.02
Paperback. An exploration of the human and social impact of World War II on the people of Hawaii, from1938, when speculation of a Pacific War first surfaced, to the era of post-war prosperity that followed. It asks how Hawaii's citizenry coped with the war, with blackouts, media censorship and rationing. Editor(s): Dye, Bob. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; HBWQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824822897
- ISBN
- 9780824822897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. A collection of essays that examines important issues related to mental health among Pacific Islanders through the topics of identity, spirituality, the unconscious, mental trauma, and healing. Editor(s): Culbertson, Philip; Nelson Agee, Margaret; 'Ofa Makasiale, Cabrini. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MK; JKSM; MBPK; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824832247
- ISBN
- 9780824832247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Addresses a wide range of questions relevant to the history of anthropology and its importance for contemporary issues. Drawing on his own research, Strathern advances the call for holistic models of human behaviour which reconceptualise the relationship between body and mind. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 1QSP; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873384797
- ISBN
- 9780873384797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.37
€ 26.99
€ 23.37
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
€ 51.99€ 40.28
€ 51.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. This collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a "third sex" in nature and culture. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 21 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327525
- ISBN
- 9780226327525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.03
€ 38.99
€ 31.03
hardcover. Documents Easter Island's enigmatic script, Rongorongo, Oceania's only known pre-20th-century writing system. This study of this eloquent graphic achievement shows full transcriptions of all the 25 surviving Rongorongo inscriptions, with detailed photographs of nearly all the incised artefacts. Series: Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Num Pages: 736 pages, numerous halftones, black and white line figures, rongorongo inscriptions, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780198237105
- ISBN
- 9780198237105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 575.88
€ 575.88
Hardback. An examination of the strategies used by outsiders to usurp Hawaiian lands and undermine indigenous Hawaiian culture. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples, it investigates Captain Cook's journals, Hollywood films and commercialized hula, to show how they displace native culture. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL9; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- KDenn
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691401
- ISBN
- 9780847691401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.15
€ 155.15
Hardcover. Through the voices and perspectives of the members of an extended Hawaiian family, or 'ohana, this book tells the story of North American imperialism in Hawai'i from the Great Depression to the new millennium. The family members offer their versions of being "Native Hawaiian" in an American state.. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380115
- ISBN
- 9781782380115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.18
€ 158.18
Hardcover. Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared experience of toys, gender roles, and mass media. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 213 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKLF; JFSC; JHMC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472267
- ISBN
- 9781137472267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
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
Hardcover. A ethnographic and historical study of the Sia Raga people of north Pentecost Island, a region that was home to the late Father Walter Lini, Vanuatu's first prime minister. It explores Raga social, spatial, and historical consciousness. It reveals important insights into the convergence of indigenous and exogenous cosmologies. Series: Pacific Islands Monograph Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 37 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833022
- ISBN
- 9780824833022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.61€ 55.99
€ 60.61
€ 55.99
Paperback. Kragur village lies on a steep volcanic island just off the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Here, the author weaves together the story of the Kragur villagers' struggle to find their own path towards the future with the story of Papua New Guinea's travails in the post-independence era. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; HBJM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826093
- ISBN
- 9780824826093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.57
€ 37.99
€ 32.57
Hardback. Series: Stackpole Military History Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 54 b/w photos & 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MK; 3JJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780811703147
- ISBN
- 9780811703147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.32
€ 36.99
€ 28.32
Hardback. In the middle decades of the 20th century, Hawai'i changed rapidly from a conservative oligarchy firmly controlled by a Euro-American elite to arguably the most progressive part of the United States. This study explains how Filipinos, Japanese, Portuguese, and others overcame racial divisions and mobilized a mass working-class movement. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JHBL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135344
- ISBN
- 9780231135344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.58€ 78.11
€ 102.58
€ 78.11
Hardback. 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 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753418
- ISBN
- 9780804753418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.83
€ 125.83
Paperback. The 1943 invasion of Bougainville, largest and northernmost of the Solomon Islands, and the naval battles during the campaign for the island, contributed heavily to the defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific War. This work is an account of the long and bitter fighting that took place. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKLS; HBJD; HBJM; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190471
- ISBN
- 9780813190471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.05
€ 32.05