Author: Rosemary Grimble
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136547533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book is a collection of Arthur Grimble's field notes and early writings, brought together in book form with linking pieces and a large number of illustrations. There are chapters on cannibalism and head hunting, on astronomy and on many aspects of the lives of the Gilbertese people from birth to death. Originally published in 1972.
Migrations, Myth and Magic from the Gilbert Islands
Author: Rosemary Grimble
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136547533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book is a collection of Arthur Grimble's field notes and early writings, brought together in book form with linking pieces and a large number of illustrations. There are chapters on cannibalism and head hunting, on astronomy and on many aspects of the lives of the Gilbertese people from birth to death. Originally published in 1972.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136547533
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book is a collection of Arthur Grimble's field notes and early writings, brought together in book form with linking pieces and a large number of illustrations. There are chapters on cannibalism and head hunting, on astronomy and on many aspects of the lives of the Gilbertese people from birth to death. Originally published in 1972.
Migrations, Myth and Magic from the Gilbert Islands
Author: Rosemary Grimble
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136547606
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book is a collection of Arthur Grimble's field notes and early writings, brought together in book form with linking pieces and a large number of illustrations. There are chapters on cannibalism and head hunting, on astronomy and on many aspects of the lives of the Gilbertese people from birth to death. Originally published in 1972.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136547606
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This book is a collection of Arthur Grimble's field notes and early writings, brought together in book form with linking pieces and a large number of illustrations. There are chapters on cannibalism and head hunting, on astronomy and on many aspects of the lives of the Gilbertese people from birth to death. Originally published in 1972.
Migrations, Myth and Magic from the Gilbert Islands
Author: Sir Arthur Grimble
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Cinderellas of the Empire
Author: Barrie Macdonald
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820203358
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Kiribati: Aspects of History
Author:
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820200517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820200517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A Dictionary of World Mythology
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher:
ISBN: 0192177478
Category : Mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0192177478
Category : Mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific
Author: Patrick D. Nunn
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824865448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. A description of the Pacific Basin and the "ups and downs" of the land within its vast ocean is followed by chapters explaining how—long before humans arrived in this part of the world—islands and continents that no longer exist were once present. A succinct account is given of human settlement of the region and the establishment of cultural contexts for the observation of occasional catastrophic earth-surface changes and their encryption in folklore. The author also addresses the persistent myths of a "sunken continent" in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants. Finally, he presents original data and research on island disappearances witnessed by humans, recorded in oral and written traditions, and judged by geoscience to be authentic. Examples are drawn from throughout the Pacific, showing that not only have islands collapsed, and even vanished, within the past few hundred years, but that they are also liable to do so in the future.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824865448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. A description of the Pacific Basin and the "ups and downs" of the land within its vast ocean is followed by chapters explaining how—long before humans arrived in this part of the world—islands and continents that no longer exist were once present. A succinct account is given of human settlement of the region and the establishment of cultural contexts for the observation of occasional catastrophic earth-surface changes and their encryption in folklore. The author also addresses the persistent myths of a "sunken continent" in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants. Finally, he presents original data and research on island disappearances witnessed by humans, recorded in oral and written traditions, and judged by geoscience to be authentic. Examples are drawn from throughout the Pacific, showing that not only have islands collapsed, and even vanished, within the past few hundred years, but that they are also liable to do so in the future.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
Book Description
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
Book Description
An Anthology of Gilbertese Oral Tradition
Author: Honor C. Maude
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9780646172651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9780646172651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Ibss: Anthropology: 1972
Author: International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780422744003
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780422744003
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.