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Paperback. Taking 20th-century Papua New Guinea as its focus, this work charts the changes in colonial relationships as they were expressed through material culture. It analyzes the insights that museum collections can provide into social relations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; 3JJ; GM; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781859734087
ISBN
9781859734087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

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

€ 55.07

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816637270
ISBN
9780816637270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. The first volume of the Caution Bay monographs is designed to introduce the goals of the Caution Bay project, the nature and scope of the investigations and the cultural and natural setting of the study area. Editor(s): David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Richards, Thomas. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 350 x 18. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784915049
ISBN
9781784915049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.66
€ 46.35

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

€ 37.99
€ 30.35

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

€ 37.99
€ 30.46

Hardcover. An examination of how the US military in Hawaii is depicted by museum curators, memorial builders, film makers, and newspaper reporters. These mediums convey information, and engage their audiences, in ways that, together, form a powerful advocacy for the benefits of militarism in the islands. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPH; HBJK; HBJM; HBTQ; HBW; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468. Colonialism, Memory and Resistance. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. 288 pages, 46 black & white illustrations. An examination of how the US military in Hawaii is depicted by museum curators, memorial builders, film makers, and newspaper reporters. These mediums convey information, and engage their audiences, in ways that, together, form a powerful advocacy for the benefits of militarism in the islands. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MKPH; HBJK; HBJM; HBTQ; HBW; JFD. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 21. Weight: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227828
ISBN
9780230227828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.40

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

€ 99.22
€ 76.55

Paperback. This text is at once a detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of oneof the final modern-day experiences of first-culture contact, a classic example of historical geography, and an extraordinary tale of exploration, imperialist arrogance, blood-shed, suffering, courage, and near disaster. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 497.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718998
ISBN
9780804718998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.16

Hardcover. The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behavior, not mental pathology.. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTB; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857450944
ISBN
9780857450944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.87
€ 49.07

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
€ 18.92

Hardback. Combining personal memories with political information about Hawai'i's crucial Territorial era, this title discovers the central role played by the author's great-great-grandfather in the politics of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Hawai'i. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; BM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270664
ISBN
9780520270664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.05
€ 62.16

Paperback. Challenging the dominant view of Hawai'i as a "melting pot paradise" - a place of ethnic tolerance and equality - this title examines how ethnic inequality is structured and maintained in island society. It finds that ethnicity, not race or class, signifies difference for Hawai'i's people and therefore structures their social relations. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137565
ISBN
9781592137565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.70

Paperback. Detailing the natural and human history of Rapa Nui - more commonly known as Easter Island - this collection of poems and photographs links together the ancient inhabitants of the most isolated, inhabited spot on earth with common concerns and hopes of the present. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPE; AJC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wings Press
Edition
Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727611
ISBN
9780916727611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.90

Hardcover. Series: World Mythology S. Num Pages: 353 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576078945
ISBN
9781576078945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.21

Paperback. Nation Within is the complex history of the events between the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai?i in 1893 and its annexation to the United States in 1898. Highlighting the native Hawaiians' resistance during that five year span, Tom Coffman shows why occupying Hawai?i was crucial to American imperial ambitions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361978
ISBN
9780822361978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.59

paperback. The contributors to this volume inspect the intersections between architectures of place and flows of migrancy. It is an exploration of the often complex and unorthodox modes of dwelling that are emerging precisely from within the ruins of the idea of place. Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen. Series: Architext. Num Pages: 318 pages, 19 b&w photos, 6line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1MK; AMK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415283618
ISBN
9780415283618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.05

Hardcover. Wogeo Island is well known to anthropologists of Papua New Guinea. Based on substantial fieldwork, the author builds on and expands previous research by showing how Wogeos establish and maintain social relationships and identities connected to place and movement in the physical landscape. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 324 pages, 3 maps, 26 ills, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457754
ISBN
9781845457754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.82
€ 61.30

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.17

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

€ 35.99
€ 32.70

Hardcover. This in-depth synchronic description of the Tense Mood Aspect system of contemporary Hawai'i Creole English, is a language-internal analysis based on extensive firsthand data, both written and spoken. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 2AB; 2ZP; CFB; CFFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333993408
ISBN
9780333993408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.94

Paperback. A collection of essays by anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality. Their studies in cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-Western culture area indicate that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert H. Series: Studies in Melanesian Anthropology. Num Pages: 476 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKL; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520080966
ISBN
9780520080966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. An assessment of the legal and cultural effects of the arbitrary correlation of blood and race imposed by the US government on the indigenous peoples of Hawai'i. It demonstrates how blood quantum, a system originally intended to restore land to Native Hawaiians, has in fact become an extension of US imperial power in Hawai'i. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822340799
ISBN
9780822340799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea). 256 pages, black & white illustrations. This study examines cultural perceptions of other and self as expressed in cargo cults and masked dances in Papua New Guinea. Indigenous terms, images, and concepts are being contrasted with their western counterparts, the latter partly deriving from the publications and field notes of Charles Valentine. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HRQM; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457981
ISBN
9780857457981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.92

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