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To Live among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania
  

To Live among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Garrett, John

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The first full story of Catholic and Protestant origins in the Pacific Islands. Illust. B&W.

ISBN 9782825406922
Published 3 June 2008 by Institute of Pacific Studies
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Producing the text of culture: the appropriation of English in contemporary Samoa
  

Producing the text of culture: the appropriation of English in contemporary Samoa (Paperback)

By Emma Kruse-Vaai, Dr

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To the untrained ear, the language used by faafafines in Samoa, may just sound like common slang, or bilingual mockery. But according to a study by Samoan academic, Letuimanuasina Dr Emma Kruse-Vaai, the unconventional use of Samoan and English by faafafines has led to a disti ...

ISBN 225461
Published 12 July 2011
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Tonga: Tale of two Kingdoms
 

Tonga: Tale of two Kingdoms (Paperback)

By Moala, Kalafi

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This great work by author and journalist Kalafi Moala is a compilation of historical narratives and stories of the impact of Christianity on Tongan Society and beyond. It is fascinating reading for Pacific people and for those interested in the Pacific."

ISBN 9780473190095
Published 4 October 2011 by Taimi Publishers
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The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines
  

The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Shortland, Edward

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This 1851 publication recounts Edward Shortland's experiences among the South Island Maori during an official tour in 1843.

ISBN 9781108040631
Published 1 February 2012 by Cambridge University Press
Interest Age Young Adults
Series Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
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Thinking critically about Sorcery & Witchcraft
 

Thinking critically about Sorcery & Witchcraft (Paperback)

By Schwarz, Nick

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This is about an important aspect of PNG traditional culture - socery and witchcraft - that has not faded away or been replaced, as many missionaries hoped, but has persisted and even seems to be undergoing a revival. the Melanesian Institute has reseached socery adn witchcraft a ...

ISBN 224349
Published 31 October 2011
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The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony
 

The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Buick, T. Lindsay

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This 1914 work, reissued in its second edition (1933), examines how New Zealand joined the British Empire in 1840.

ISBN 9781108039963
Published 1 January 2012 by Cambridge University Press
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Series Cambridge Library Collection - History
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Kokoda Spirit
  

Kokoda Spirit (Paperback)

By Lindsay, Patrick

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In 1942 a small band of young Australian soldiers overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to preserve Australia's freedom along the Kokoda Track. The Battle for the Kokoda Track is Australia's Alamo. Seventy years on, it is hard to imagine what those young men endured for freedom ...

ISBN 9781742703602
Published 3 February 2012 by Hardie Grant Books
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Maori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye: Representing Difference, 1950-2000
 

Maori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye: Representing Difference, 1950-2000 (Paperback)

By Fox, Karen

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From 1950, increasing numbers of Aboriginal and Maori women became nationally or internationally renowned. Few reached the heights of international fame accorded Evonne Goolagong or Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, and few remained household names for any length of time. But their growing nu ...

ISBN 9781921862618
Published 1 December 2011
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Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945
  

Battle Story: Iwo Jima 1945 (Hardback)

By Rawson, Andrew

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The full story of one of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign. U. S. Marines supported by ...

ISBN 9780752465760
Release Date 1 March 2012 by The History Press Ltd
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Indigenous Women's Rights: Challenging Social and Gender Hierarchies
 

Indigenous Women's Rights: Challenging Social and Gender Hierarchies (Paperback)

Edited by Whall, Helena; Shivdas, Meena

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Brings together the perspective of indigenous people from across the Commonwealth, and particularly indigenous women, on matters of public policy that particularly concern them. This book includes case studies from different regions of the globe and presents the lived experiences ...

ISBN 9780850928471
Published 30 December 2010 by Commonwealth Secretariat
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Series New Gender Mainstreaming Series on Development Issues
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