Oceans & seas
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Oceans & seas
Paperback. Analyses the complex relationship between the coloniser and colonised on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Through novels, iconography, and texts from various disciplines including law, medicine, and psychology, this title constructs a political and cultural history of the island's relations with France. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322948
- ISBN
- 9780822322948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.61
€ 35.99
€ 31.61
Paperback. Firmly based on the insight that memory is always mediated and that the past is not a stable object, this title demonstrates that we can intervene positively yet critically in the recovery and reinterpretation of events and experiences that have been pushed to the peripheries of the past. Editor(s): Fujitani, T.; White, Geoffrey M.; Yoneyama, Lisa. Num Pages: 472 pages, 38 b&w photographs, 3 tables, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QSP; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325642
- ISBN
- 9780822325642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.86
€ 36.99
€ 32.86
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892368839
- ISBN
- 9780892368839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.54€ 44.77
€ 57.54
€ 44.77
Hardcover. Focuses on the failure of the efforts to cleanup the Chesapeake Bay and suggests an approach often used in cleaning up environmentally damaged sites. This book presents a view of the environmental condition of Chesapeake Bay. It covers a part of the history of the Bay that is not widely known, including how the Bay was formed. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; 1QSAN; JW; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118686270
- ISBN
- 9781118686270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.90
€ 58.90
Paperback. This is a comprehensive account of the Lapita people, the common ancestor of the Polynesian, Melanesian and Micronesian peoples who, over the last 4000 years, colonized the islands of the Pacific, as well as New Zealand and territories as far afield as Fiji and Madagascar. Series: Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QSP; HBTB; HDD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577180364
- ISBN
- 9781577180364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.04
€ 49.99
€ 49.04
Hardback. Cases of mutiny and other forms of protest are used to reveal full and interesting details of lascar shipboard life. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 254 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSN; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270385
- ISBN
- 9781783270385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15
€ 88.15
Hardback. An assessment of how important the sea was in the development of the ancient world. Num Pages: 744 pages, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QS; 3D; HBLA; HBTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271573
- ISBN
- 9781783271573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.62
€ 172.62
Hardcover. This volume explores the many geographies of the Mediterranean Basin, with chapters on the environment, geopolitics, economic development, trade, demography, migration, cities, tourism, landscapes, mountains and islands. Editor(s): King, Russell; Mas, Paolo de; Beck, Jan Mansvelt. Num Pages: 292 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1QSM; KCM; RGC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898723899
- ISBN
- 9781898723899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
paperback. This volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed. Num Pages: 358 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 1QSS; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBJD1; HBJM; HBLL; JFC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468495
- ISBN
- 9780226468495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.46
€ 38.99
€ 30.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 355 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071147
- ISBN
- 9780231071147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.43€ 93.46
€ 125.43
€ 93.46
Hardback. The fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico make up the largest commercial fishery in the United States. But the ecology of the Gulf is in trouble: much of the Gulf is subject to critical problems with toxic microorganisms. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QSD; PSAF; RBGB; RBGK; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471161745
- ISBN
- 9780471161745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.21
€ 268.21
Paperback. Debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. This work reveals the captain as both the self-conscious civilizer and as the person who, his mission gone awry, becomes a "savage" himself. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 1QSP; BGH; HBJM; HBTQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780691057521
- ISBN
- 9780691057521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.30
€ 51.99
€ 36.30
paperback. This book provides a clear and accessible account of political and economic development in Pacific Asia. Adopting a comparative and historical approach, it examines the factors behind the a East Asian Miraclea which has transformed the economies and societies of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QSP; JP; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745615059
- ISBN
- 9780745615059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.04
€ 26.04
Hardback. Pacific Salmon Life Histories gives detailed descriptions of the different life phases through which each of the seven species pass. Editor(s): Margolis, L. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations, colour plates, maps, tables, geographical index, general index. BIC Classification: 1QSP; GBC; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 5487 x 36. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774803595
- ISBN
- 9780774803595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.59
€ 152.59
Paperback. This books examines the Hudson's Bay company exploration efforts beyond the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean from 1793 to 1843 -- which led to the commercial development of the Pacific coast and the Cordilleran interior of western North America. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill.M. BIC Classification: 1QSP; 3JF; 3JH; KNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774806138
- ISBN
- 9780774806138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.37
€ 46.99
€ 41.37
Hardback. Culminating in the 1985 Pacific Salmon Treaty, Canada and the US carried out long and contentious negotiations to provide a framework for cooperation for conserving and sharing the Pacific salmon resource. This is the history of the negotiations, providing an insider's perspective on the many complex issues that were addressed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 figures, 14 tables, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1QSP; KNAF; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774811415
- ISBN
- 9780774811415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Paperback. He describes the general nature of early piracy, ancient navigation, and the pirate's routines and tactics. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSM; HBG; HBLA; HBTM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855054
- ISBN
- 9780801855054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.75
€ 32.99
€ 27.75
Paperback. A collection of myths and tales of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest - the Klamath, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Modoc, Shastan, Chinook, Flathead, Clatsop, and other tribes. It includes stories concerning the creation of the universe, the theft of fire and daylight, and the death and rebirth of salmo. Editor(s): Judson, Katharine Berry. Num Pages: 193 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1QSP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803275959
- ISBN
- 9780803275959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.13
€ 20.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSP; DSB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780816691586
- ISBN
- 9780816691586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
€ 31.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, this title shows how the exhibition's display of architecture gave a vision to the colonies that justified France's cultural prejudices, while stimulating the desire for further expansionism. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; AB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317876
- ISBN
- 9780822317876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.45
€ 29.99
€ 26.45