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  • Aliens on Our Shores: An Anthropological History of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 1616 to 1914

    by Paula G. Rubel, Abraham Rosman ...
    "Aliens on Our Shores," by Paula G. Rubel and Abraham Rosman, is a deep dive into the mutual perceptions of Melanesian peoples, egalitarian societies unknown to Europeans for thousands of years, and successive waves of European explorers, traders, plantation owners, missionaries, and eventual conquerors. This anthropological history makes use of existing information on political, social, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tapestry of Culture

    An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

    by Maxine Weisgrau, Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel ...
    When we think about society and culture, often we think of our own culture – the culture in which we were raised or currently live – as the default. The eleventh edition of The Tapestry of Culture uses anthropological tools to translate the concepts, ideas, and behaviors of other cultures into language recognizable by today’s students. The book’s comparative approach balances the history of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Aliens on Our Shores

    An Anthropological History of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea 1616 to 1914

    by Paula G. Rubel, Abraham Rosman ...
    Aliens on Our Shores is a deep dive into the mutual perceptions of a group of Melanesian peoples -- egalitarian societies unknown to Europeans for thousands of years -- and successive waves of European explorers, traders, plantation owners, missionaries, and eventual conquerors. This anthropological history makes use of existing information on political, social, and cultural organization of New ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Translating Cultures

    Perspectives on Translation and Anthropology

    Edited by Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel ...
    The task of the anthropologist is to take ideas, concepts and beliefs from one culture and translate them into first another language, and then into the language of anthropology. This process is both fascinating and complex. Not only does it raise questions about the limitations of language, but it also challenges the ability of the anthropologist to communicate culture accurately. In recent years ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • This Horrid Practice

    by Paul Moon ...
    'Though stronger evidence of this horrid practice prevailing among the inhabitants of this coast will scarcely be required, we have still stronger to give.' - Captain James Cook This Horrid Practice uncovers an unexplored taboo of New Zealand history - the widespread practice of cannibalism in pre-European Maori society. Until now, many historians have tried to avoid it and many Maori have ... Read more

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    Indonesia's Hindu Realm

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    A Short History of Bali covers the entire history of this intriguing and mysterious island from before the Bronze Age to the presidency of Megawati Sukarnoputri and the tragedy of the Kuta bombings on 12 October 2002. It looks at the arrival of Indian culture early European contact the role of anthropologists and taste-makers of the 1930s in romanticising the island and the complex legacies of ... Read more

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  • A History of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic to 1818

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  • The Pacific

    In the Wake of Captain Cook, with Sam Neill

    by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios ...
    A rich, complex and engaging account of Cook's voyages across the Pacific, from actor and raconteur Sam Neill.Captain James Cook first set sail to the Pacific in 1768, just over 250 years ago. These vast waters, one third of the earth's surface, were uncharted but not unknown. A rich diversity of people and cultures navigated, traded, lived and fought here for thousands of years. Before Cook, the ... Read more

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  • 1787

    The Lost Chapters of Australia's Beginnings

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  • Captain Cook

    Master of the Seas

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    This "thoroughly researched and sharply opinionated" biography presents a nuanced portrait of the renowned 18th century navigator ( The Wall Street Journal).The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with bold adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook ... Read more

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  • Tears of Rangi

    Experiments Across Worlds

    by Anne Salmond ...
    Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers, who inhabited a cosmos in which islands sailed across the sea and stars across the sky, arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this, her most ... Read more

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