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A timely reexamination of European engagements with Indigenous art--and the presence of Indigenous art in the contemporary art world.
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The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
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The story of the settlement of the Pacific Ocean.
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Providing illuminating encounters with the historical and contemporary cultures of the western Pacific, this book is a visual and key reference work that provides illuminating encounters with the historical and contemporary cultures of the western Pacific, documenting the most cu...lturally diverse and artistically fertile region in the world.
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Published in 1999, this book offers a detailed, contemporary and holistic understanding of Hong Kong's social and political development, this book will both complement existing works and provide the reader with a solid foundation for understanding future developments in the terri...tory.
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An illuminating and authoritative survey of body art by a world expert on the subject
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This book (vol. 1 of 2) not only enlarges understanding of Oceanic art history and Oceanic collections in important ways, but also enables new reflections upon museums and ways of undertaking work in and around them.
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Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and Melanesians of the Pacific, Coo...k's arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old. In this immensely enjoyable and absorbing book Cook's journeys are reimagined, attempting toleave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook and his associates experienced and what the societies he encountered experienced - from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.
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An account of early Marquesan social relations and culture, making use of ethnohistoric documentation. It covers the nature of gender relations in Polynesian societies, small-scale hierarchical structures, cultural transformation and longer-term change.
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Contributors from academic and policy communities explore the major aspects of Australia-China relations. The frequently overlooked connection between Australia and Taiwan is also considered to allow readers to reach a full appreciation of the restraints engendered by the relatio...nship with China, as well as its many benefits.
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