Author: Serge Tcherkézoff
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921536152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The texts collected in this volume take an anthropological approach to the variety of contemporary societal problems which confront the peoples of the contemporary South Pacific: religious revival, the sociology of relations between local groups, regions and nation-States, the problem of culture areas, the place of democracy in the transition of States founded on sacred chiefdoms, the role of ceremonial exchanges in a market economy, and so forth. Each chapter presents a society seen from a specific point of view, but always with reference to the issue of collective identity and its confrontation with history and change. The collection thus invites the reader to understand how the inhabitants of these societies seek to affirm both an individual identity and a sense of belonging to the contemporary world. In doing so, it informs the reader about the contemporary realities experienced by the inhabitants of the South Pacific, with a view to contributing to an intercultural dialogue between the reader and these inhabitants.
The Changing South Pacific
Author: Serge Tcherkézoff
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921536152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The texts collected in this volume take an anthropological approach to the variety of contemporary societal problems which confront the peoples of the contemporary South Pacific: religious revival, the sociology of relations between local groups, regions and nation-States, the problem of culture areas, the place of democracy in the transition of States founded on sacred chiefdoms, the role of ceremonial exchanges in a market economy, and so forth. Each chapter presents a society seen from a specific point of view, but always with reference to the issue of collective identity and its confrontation with history and change. The collection thus invites the reader to understand how the inhabitants of these societies seek to affirm both an individual identity and a sense of belonging to the contemporary world. In doing so, it informs the reader about the contemporary realities experienced by the inhabitants of the South Pacific, with a view to contributing to an intercultural dialogue between the reader and these inhabitants.
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921536152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The texts collected in this volume take an anthropological approach to the variety of contemporary societal problems which confront the peoples of the contemporary South Pacific: religious revival, the sociology of relations between local groups, regions and nation-States, the problem of culture areas, the place of democracy in the transition of States founded on sacred chiefdoms, the role of ceremonial exchanges in a market economy, and so forth. Each chapter presents a society seen from a specific point of view, but always with reference to the issue of collective identity and its confrontation with history and change. The collection thus invites the reader to understand how the inhabitants of these societies seek to affirm both an individual identity and a sense of belonging to the contemporary world. In doing so, it informs the reader about the contemporary realities experienced by the inhabitants of the South Pacific, with a view to contributing to an intercultural dialogue between the reader and these inhabitants.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
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Category : Aquatic biology
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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Category : Aquatic biology
Languages : en
Pages : 984
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The South Pacific
Author: R. G. Crocombe
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Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Book Description The South Pacific is about the 28 islands, nations and territories of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Indigenous and external influences are creating new and unique arts, cultures, identities, societies, economies and politics of extreme diversity. Future trends are explored, but the main focus is on the present. After 100 years or more of control by mainly European nations, but also Japan and Indonesia, Pacific peoples are working out their destinies in a complex environment in which East Asia plays an escalating role. The book is an important contribution to understanding the Pacific, the Third World and the development debate. Because of the wealth of issues covered, the fascinating truths revealed and the simplicity of style, it will be welcomed by general readers as well as by serious scholars of the Pacific.--Publishers description.
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Category : Australasia
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Book Description The South Pacific is about the 28 islands, nations and territories of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Indigenous and external influences are creating new and unique arts, cultures, identities, societies, economies and politics of extreme diversity. Future trends are explored, but the main focus is on the present. After 100 years or more of control by mainly European nations, but also Japan and Indonesia, Pacific peoples are working out their destinies in a complex environment in which East Asia plays an escalating role. The book is an important contribution to understanding the Pacific, the Third World and the development debate. Because of the wealth of issues covered, the fascinating truths revealed and the simplicity of style, it will be welcomed by general readers as well as by serious scholars of the Pacific.--Publishers description.
Pacific Studies
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Pacific Studies : a Journal Devoted to the Study of the Pacific-its Islands and Adjacent Countries
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Contribution française à la connaissance géographique des Antilles et de l'Atlantique au sud des Açores
Author: Comité national français de géographie
Publisher: Presses Univ de Bordeaux
ISBN: 9782905081193
Category : Islands of the Atlantic
Languages : fr
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Presses Univ de Bordeaux
ISBN: 9782905081193
Category : Islands of the Atlantic
Languages : fr
Pages : 248
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The Far East
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Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Languages : en
Pages : 658
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L'Asie
Author: Lucien Lanier
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Archaeology in New Caledonia
Author: Christophe Sand
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Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Acquisition List
Author: University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Pacific Collection
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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