Oceania

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What constitutes a resource, and how do people make claims on them? In the context of a burgeoning discourse of property, these are vital questions. Rationales of Ownership offers conceptual clarification in the context of material, intellectual and...

This study forms one unit of a research project initiated by the South Pacific Commission as part of its Social Development research program. The project was devised to provide a comprehensive survey of the work done to date in social anthropology as it...

When it first appeared, this historical overview of the evolution of Hawai'i's political economy opened a new and innovative perspective on Hawai'i's history and contemporary dilemmas. Now, a decade later, Kent adds an epilogue providing an overview of...

The stories of Kaua'i's ruling chiefs were passed from generation to generation in songs and narratives recited by trained storytellers either formally at the high chief's court or informally at family gatherings. Their chronology was ordered by a...

Jonathan Osorio investigates the effects of Western law on the national identity of Native Hawaiians in this impressive political history of the Kingdom of Hawai'i from the onset of constitutional government in 1840 to the Bayonet Constitution of 1887,...

Explores the changing ways in which Pacific Islanders have been seen and represented by outsiders over the last 200 years. The Pacific Islands has been a testing ground for various Western ideas and ideologies and the author looks at this long...

an impressive and much needed contribution to Korean american and Hawaii history and significantly advacnes our knowledge of theEast Asia immigrant experience in the US.Book InformationISBN 9780824822415Author Wayne PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Imperial spaces takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire - the Irish and the Scots - and explores how they imagined themselves within the landscapes of its farthest reaches, the Australian colonies of...

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The well-known list of "cradles of civilization" primary states from which all modern nation states ultimately derive, has traditionally been limited to Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, China, Mesoamerica, and Andean South America. However, by...

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This book is the first concise account of the history of the Fiji islands from the beginning of human settlement to the early years of the 21st century. Its primary focus is on the period since the advent of colonial rule in the late 19th century to the...

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Papua New Guinea has experienced a remarkable rapid transition from scattered primitive societies to a modern unified nation. The dictionary covers major economic, social, political and cultural developments, basic geographic information, and biographies...

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Between 1945 and 1947, the United States sought an imperial solution to its security problems in the Pacific Basin. Faced with fears of a future Pearl Harbor-style attack by a potentially resurgent Japan, and facing an even more realistic confrontation...

For centuries, the Marshall Islands have been drawn into international politics, primarily due to their central location in Oceania. After World War II they fell under the American sphere as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. At the...

Pitcairn Island is arguably the most isolated inhabited spot on Earth. Yet despite tricky ocean currents, often lethal surf and sudden gales, the island's standing as the home of the descendants of Fletcher Christian and his mutineer cohorts from H.M...

The term Polynesia refers to a cultural and geographical area in the Pacific Ocean, bound by what is commonly referred to as the Polynesian Triangle, which consists of Hawai'i in the north, New Zealand in the southwest, and Easter Island in the southeast...

Despite the mythology of benign race relations, Aotearoa New Zealand has experienced a very long history of underlying prejudice and racism. Little has been written about the experiences of Indian migrants, either historically or today, and most...

Goetzfridt's work demonstrates the dynamics of history, each generation considering past events in light of current realities and contemporary understandings of the world. This volume, therefore, is important not simply because it provides us with an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936849058Author Henry KeattsFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Fathom PressPublisher Fathom PressWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 20mm

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In the late eighteenth century, Hawai'i's ruling elite employed sophisticated methods for resisting foreign intrusion. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, American missionaries had gained a foothold in the islands. Jennifer Thigpen explains this...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922737977Author Anne Pattel-GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint ATF PressPublisher ATF Press

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