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Conservation Is Our Government Now: The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea (New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century) by Paige West Publisher Comments A significant contribution to political ecology, Conservation Is Our Government Now is an ethnographic examination of the history and social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam by Robert F Rogers Publisher Comments Ferdinand Magellan's fateful landfall on Guam, the first inhabited Pacific island known to Europeans, ushered in the age of European exploration in the Pacific and led inexorably to foreign domination of every traditional island society throughout... (read more) List Price $31.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nuclear Nativity: Rituals of Renewal and Empowerment in the Marshall Islands by Marshall Carucci Synopsis The leading authority on the lifeways of the Enewetak people explores the rituals, customs, and meanings of the Kurijmoj festival. Illuminating the empowering aspects of rituals involved in feasts, competitive games, speeches, dances, songs of... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia (Kolowalu Books) by P F Kluge Publisher Comments In 1967 the Peace Corps sent P. F. Kluge to paradise - or so the American possessions in Micronesia seemed. His assignment was as noble as it was adventurous: to help the people of those half-forgotten Pacific islands move from old to new, so that... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti by Anne Salmond Publisher Comments "This book offers a fresh history of early Tahiti, considerably richer than any published before, imaginative in its speculations around local cosmology and local meanings, but also precise in its reconstruction of the political relationships that... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The King and People of Fiji (Pasifika Library) by Joseph Waterhouse Synopsis Reverend Joseph Waterhouse's work offers an excellent insight into the traditional Fijian way of life.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire by Nicholas Thomas Review “Thomas has written a work of scholarship that merits close attention and, at the same time, that presumes a ready grasp of the vast geography of the Pacific. His analysis is thoughtful and often thought-provoking.”—Tim Severin... (read more) Your price: $22.00 New - Trade Paper
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Omai: The Prince Who Never Was by Richard Connaughton Synopsis A vivid account of the tragedy of England's first black celebrity, the story of the Tahitian prince brought to England by Captain Cook's companion.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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A History of the Pacific Islands by I C Campbell Publisher Comments History of the Pacific Islands marks the first time in forty years that a balanced and succinct introduction to the peoples of the Pacific islands has been made avaliable to students, travellers, and scholars. Dr. Ian Campbell's informed and balanced... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Four Corners: One Woman's Solo Journey: Into the Heart of New Guinea by Kira Salak Publisher Comments A story of extraordinary danger and adventure follows a very young woman who attempts, alone, a trip across Papua, New Guinea, as she follows in the footsteps of British explorer Ivan Champion.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles by Andre Maurois Publisher Comments "Dangerous, charming, and funny, this elegant miniature rediscovery will delight even brilliant minds."Simon Van Booy André Maurois' novella, published in the same year as Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa, is about a couple who... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cassowary's Revenge: The Life and Death of Masculinity in a New Guinea Society (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, & Culture) by Donald F Tuzin Publisher Comments Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. When he returned many years later, he arrived in the aftermath of a startling event: the villages men voluntarily destroyed their secret cult that had allowed them to dominate women... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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History and Traditions of Rarotonga by Te Ariki Taraare Publisher Comments History and Traditions of Rarotonga is the earliest known literary work in the Cook island Maori language. Its author, Te Ariki Tara 'Are, was a pre-eminent scholar who recorded the historical traditions of his people in the mid-nineteenth century. This... (read more) List Price $45.75 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pacific Islands: Politics, Economics, & International Relations by Teo Fairbairn Publisher Comments This introduction to the contemporary Pacific, intended for those in government, business, and academia, provides a succinct account of the complex trends, issues, and developments affecting the islands and offers sketches of individual nations and... (read more) Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pacific Islands by Douglas L Oliver List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronisla Malinowski List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Remaking Micronesia: Discourses Over Development in a Pacific Territory, 1944-1982 by David L Hanlon List Price $58.25 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nafanua Saving the Samoan Rain Forest by Paul Alan Cox List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Changes in latitude :an uncommon anthropology by Joana Varawa Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Remembrance of Pacific Pasts: An Invitation to Remake History by Robert Borofksy Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-535) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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