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  By Anja Thiem Publisher:  VS Verlag Number Of Pages:   252 Publication Date:   2009-08 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   3531168622 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9783531168623 Kurzbeschreibung Die Frage nach der "Zukunft ländlicher Räume" erfährt angesichts tief greifender sozialer, ökonomischer und raumstruktureller Veränderungsprozesse zunehmend Bedeutung. ... Ebook description

  By James J. Fox Publisher:   Published by the Dept. of Anthropology in association with the Comparative Austronesian Project, Research School of Pacific Studies, the Australian National University Number Of Pages:   237 Publication Date:   1993 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0731515951 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780731515950 Description The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of Austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them. ... Ebook description

  Published: November 2004Description‘Strictly speaking, there was no such thing as “the Pacific” until in 1520-1 Fernao de Magalhãis, better known as Magellan, traversed the huge expanse of waters, which then received its name.’ With these opening words, Oskar Spate launches his account of the process by which the greatest blank on the map became a focus of global relations. ... Ebook description

  By Gail A. Schlachter, R. David Weber Publisher:   Reference Service Press Number Of Pages:   332 Publication Date:   2001-04 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1588410102 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781588410108 Have you decided to get a graduate degree in the social or behavioral sciences? Congratulations. You have made a wise decision. According to the U. ... Ebook description

  By Brij V. Lal Publisher:   Asia Pacific Press Number Of Pages:   272 Publication Date:   2006-10-30 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0731537513 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780731537518 Description"It is not so much whether things are not as bad as they ought to be or could have been. It is, rather, whether things could have been much better". ... Ebook description

  By Margaret Jolly, Serge Tcherkézoff, Darrell Tryon Publisher:   Australian National University Number Of Pages:   344 Publication Date:   2009 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1921536284 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781921536281 Product Description: This volume, the result of ongoing collaborations between Australian and French anthropologists, historians and linguists, explores encounters between Pacific peoples and foreigners during the longue durée of European exploration, colonisation and settlement from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. ... Ebook description

  By Stuart Bedford, Christophe Sand, Sean P. Connaughton Publisher:   Australian National University Number Of Pages:   299 Publication Date:   2007 ISBN-10 / ASIN:   1921313323 ISBN-13 / EAN:   9781921313325 Product Description: Lapita comprises an archaeological horizon that is fundamental to the understanding of human colonisation and settlement of the Pacific as it is associated with the arrival of the common ancestors of the Polynesians and many Austronesian-speaking Melanesians more than 3000 years ago. ... Ebook description