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This eloquent and hauntingly evocative story of Hawaii is a true classic and is an essential read for any enthusiast of Hawaiian culture and history.With a sincerity and candor …

In a world of fake news and populist politics, elections can seem like theatre. With growing rates of informal votes and a perceived narrowing of differences between the major …

As he challenges classical semiological accounts of cultural representation in this ethnography of Melanesian religious phenomenology, Maschio aims to show that ritual and poetic …

From the arrival of Europeans in the Pacific in the 16th century, introduced psychoactive drugs have played a crucial role in the history of societies from China to Peru, and from …

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 …

Current anthropology uses expressions such as 'society as a whole', 'socio-cosmic relations', 'spatiotemporal extension', 'global ideology', and 'cosmomorphy' to establish that the …

In this text, John J. Stephan shatters several historical illusions that have almost come to be accepted as facts, highlighting the ambiguous nature of history.

«This work highlights the need for a holistic approach to the confounding issues confronting the region, confronting our age. In reminding us of the many vulnerabilities and …

Explores the impact of European colonization on Native American and Pacific Islander technology and culture This is the first comprehensive analysis of the partial replacement of …

Violent conflict on the Australian frontier started soon after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. The conflict continued right up to the early 1900s with the last massacre of …