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Hardcover. Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332340
- ISBN
- 9781785332340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.87
€ 158.87
Paperback. The perfect guide to the birds of Melanesia - New Caledonia, the Solomons, the Bismarcks and Vanuatu Series: Helm Field Guides. Num Pages: 448 pages, 72 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1MKL; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713665406
- ISBN
- 9780713665406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16€ 40.48
€ 52.16
€ 40.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 14 color illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164243
- ISBN
- 9780691164243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.14€ 62.30
€ 81.14
€ 62.30
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
€ 32.58
€ 32.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930947
- ISBN
- 9780813930947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.89
€ 84.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 1QSPS; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578045
- ISBN
- 9781877578045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.19
€ 30.99
€ 22.19
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. It is important to see China's activities in the Pacific Islands, not just in terms of a specific set of interests, but in the context of Beijing's recent efforts to develop a comprehensive and global foreign policy. China's policy towards Oceania is part of a much larger outreach to the developing world.. Editor(s): Wesley-Smith, Terence; Porter, Edgar. Series: Foundations of Asia Pacific Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MK; JPS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456320
- ISBN
- 9781845456320
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Condition: New
€ 44.75
€ 44.75
Paperback. Inspired by recent work on diaspora and cultural globalization, this text argues that the political and economic activities of Chinese migrants can be best understood by taking into account their links to one another and China through a transnational perspective. Num Pages: 362 pages, 9 halftones, 6 line drawings, 4 maps, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBNC; 1KLSR; 1MKPH; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226560250
- ISBN
- 9780226560250
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.65
€ 42.99
€ 32.65
Hardcover. The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. Editor(s): Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra L. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 ills, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; HRAM2; HRC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 259 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. 260 pages, 9 ills, 3 maps. Editor(s): Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra L. The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MK; HRAM2; HRC; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457462
- ISBN
- 9780857457462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.89
€ 155.89
Hardcover. Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theology focuses on what postcolonial theologies look like in colonial contexts, particularly in dialogue with the First Nations Peoples in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The contributors have roots in the Asia-Pacific, but the struggles, theologies and concerns they address are shared across the seas. Editor(s): Brett, Mark G.; Havea, Jione. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MBF; 1MK; HRLB; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137475466
- ISBN
- 9781137475466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. How does law transform family, sexuality, and community in the fractured social world characteristic of the colonizing process? This title reveals how, in Hawai'i, indigenous Hawaiian law was displaced by a transplanted Anglo-American law as global movements of capitalism, Christianity, and imperialism swept across the islands. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 halftones 1 map 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009322
- ISBN
- 9780691009322
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.05
€ 51.99
€ 37.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, 18 b&w illus and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; 1MKPH; JP; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826336378
- ISBN
- 9780826336378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Hardback. Hawaii's forest bird community is the most insular and most endangered in the world and serves as a case study for threatened species globally. Ten have disappeared, nine are critically endangered, and even common species are in decline. This book describes the research and conservation efforts to save Hawaii's forest birds. Editor(s): Pratt, Thane K.; Atkinson, Carter T.; Banko, Mr. Paul C.; Jacobi, James D.; Woodworth, Ms. Bethany L. Num Pages: 640 pages, 97 black-&-white illustrations + 32 colour images. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; PSVW6; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141085
- ISBN
- 9780300141085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.73€ 70.74
€ 92.73
€ 70.74
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
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Tongan women living outside of their island homeland create and use hand-made, sometimes hybridized, textiles to maintain and rework their cultural traditions in diaspora. Central to these traditions is an ancient concept of homeland or nation - fonua - which Tongans retain as an anchor for modern nation-building. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 252 pages, 19 ills, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPT; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458957
- ISBN
- 9780857458957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.70
€ 158.70
Paperback. What is creative in kinship? How are people connected to places? James Leach answers these questions by examining the making of people and the emergence of places in a particular context. He develops a powerful idea: the formulation of "creativity" as an ongoing and integral part of kinship as environmental engagement. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816931
- ISBN
- 9781571816931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.98
€ 44.98
Paperback. Analyzes the complex and conflicting forms of sociality that Guhu-Samane Christians of rural Papua New Guinea privilege and celebrate as "the body of Christ." Far from being a practice of individualism, this title offers local people ways to make social groups sacred units of critique. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HRCC2; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283763
- ISBN
- 9780520283763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.30
€ 32.99
€ 24.30
Hardcover. This text explores through theory and in-depth textual criticism how novelists from formerly colonized societies have exploited indigenous codes and conventions of aesthetic representation to transform the novel into an effective medium for cultural and political resistance to (neo)colonialism. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJW; 1MKP; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638699
- ISBN
- 9780333638699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardcover. Offering a counter-discourse to the accepted liberal metanarrative of schooling in Micronesia, this volume argues that across the Pacific region, American-developed school systems are today non-neutral cultural players with quasi-colonialist credentials. Series: Contemporary Philosophies and Theories in Education. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400746725
- ISBN
- 9789400746725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
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
€ 158.63
€ 158.63
Paperback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b&w photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178792
- ISBN
- 9780231178792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b&w photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231178785
- ISBN
- 9780231178785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.01€ 77.70
€ 102.01
€ 77.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Lohmann, Roger Ivar. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MK; GTB; JHMC; JMTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403963307
- ISBN
- 9781403963307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.48
€ 79.48