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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
€ 45.02
€ 45.02
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
€ 170.80
€ 170.80
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
€ 45.54
€ 45.54
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€ 15.47
€ 20.99
€ 15.47
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
€ 32.99€ 30.02
€ 32.99
€ 30.02
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€ 22.85
€ 35.99
€ 22.85
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. In early 1920 in Hawaii, Japanese sugar cane workers, faced with spiraling living expenses, defiantly struck for a wage increase to $1.25 per day. The event shook the traditional power structure in Hawaii. This book demonstrates that the event had consequences reaching all the way up to the eve of World War II. Editor(s): Duus, Peter. Translator(s): Cary, Beth. Num Pages: 386 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL; KNXB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481. Good clean copy with some minor reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KTM0009107
- ISBN
- 9780520204850
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1MKLP; HBJF; HBWQ; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd Australia
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781863513685
- ISBN
- 9781863513685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595341303
- ISBN
- 9781595341303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.86
€ 17.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Presents the story of North American imperialism in Hawai'i from the perspective of the members of an extended Hawaiian family Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332043
- ISBN
- 9781785332043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.73
€ 44.73
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
€ 158.70
€ 158.70
Hardcover. A path-breaking analysis of hybridity in the literatures of the Francophone Pacific. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380376
- ISBN
- 9781781380376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.71
€ 137.71
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
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counter offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. This title details the fortunes experienced over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; 3JJH; HBJM; HBLW; HBWQ; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 248 x 7. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Campaign
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780961545
- ISBN
- 9781780961545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.41
€ 20.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Did U.S. intelligence know of Japan's coming attack on Pearl Harbor? Did President Roosevelt know? If so, why did he withhold warnings from the commanders in Hawaii? The answers are embedded in the cogent analysis of The Pearl Harbor Myth. Num Pages: 370 pages, 9 b&w photos, map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBJD; HBJK; HBJM; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971614
- ISBN
- 9781597971614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.63
€ 23.99
€ 23.63
Hardcover. Seeking an answer to why the event occurred the way that it did,The Polynesian Iconoclasm explores the 10 years in the early 19th century during which inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii & 15 related societies destroyed or desecrated their temples & god-images. In the aftermath, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches were constructed. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1MKP; 3JH; HRAX; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384137
- ISBN
- 9781782384137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.14
€ 158.14
Hardback. Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies. Num Pages: 38 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1MKLV; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452933
- ISBN
- 9781845452933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.13
€ 159.13
Paperback. The Purposes of Paradise shows how travel and tourism shaped U.S. imperialism in Cuba and Hawai'i between the 1850s, when expansionists imagined them as twin possessions, and revolution and statehood in 1959. It explores the relationships between imperial fantasies and political practices in Americans' favorite tropical isles. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 1MKPH; HBJK; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222289
- ISBN
- 9780812222289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.10
€ 38.10