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  • Gauguin and Polynesia

    Paul Gauguin is commonly regarded as one of the greatest modern artists. He is renowned for resplendent, mythic imagery from Oceania, for a life of restless travel and for his supposed immersion in Polynesian life. But he has long been regarded ambivalently, and in recent years both Gauguin's sexual behaviour, and his paintings, have been considered exploitative.Gauguin and Polynesia offers a ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Voyagers

    The Settlement of the Pacific

    An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.One of the Best Books of 2021 — Wall Street JournalThe islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The Return of Curiosity

    What Museums are Good For in the Twenty-first Century

    Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated, attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for. Nicholas Thomas argues that what is special about museums are their collections, which are not just rich resources for reflection, but creative technologies that enable people to ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Gauguin and Polynesia

    Narrado por Nicholas Thomas ...

    Completo

    10 hora 28 minutos

    Bloomsbury presents Gauguin and Polynesia written and read by Nicholas Thomas.The Post-Impressionist artist and writer Paul Gauguin led an extraordinary, troubled and restlessly itinerant life; he came late to painting and spent most of his last decade in the Pacific islands of Tahiti and the Marquesas, where he produced paintings loosely based on Polynesian tradition that heralded the emergence ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Democracy Denied

    Identity, Civil Society and Illiberal Democracy in Hong Kong

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Published in 1999, this book is designed to provide the reader with a detailed understanding of Hong Kong’s social and political development. It offers a contemporary, holistic understanding of Hong Kong, which will not only complement existing works but also provide the reader with a solid foundation for understanding future developments in the territory. The book is divided into three sections: ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • If the World Didn’T Suck We’D All Fall Off

    This is a deeply personal life story and situations that have made me the unique individual I am in life. These short poems touch on many parts of life that are disturbing and are hard to deal with. The only way to express them was to write them down in these poems and hope people would one day read them and experience emotional change for the betterment of their lives ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Voyagers

    The Settlement of the Pacific

    Narrado por Mark Robertson ...

    Completo

    3 hora 52 minutos

    An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.One of the Best Books of 2021 — Wall Street JournalThe islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Narratives of Nation in the South Pacific

    Series series Studies in Anthropology and History
    It is striking that in many Pacific nations, 'national' narratives are subordinate to other fundamental historical imaginings, such as those concerning local political dynasties and conversion to Christianity. While leaders in Pacific states have frequently sought to legitimate new nations through local 'tradition' and 'custom', these constructions of identity frequently mask divisions arising ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Shaping The Brain

    Explore the brain's wonders with "Shaping the Brain," a clear and practical guide to understanding and enhancing performance through visualization and action observation.Learn the basics of neuroanatomy, how neurons communicate, and the brain's key areas responsible for various functions. Delve into synaptic plasticity, the brain's ability to strengthen or weaken connections, essential for ... Leer más

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    Voyagers

    The Settlement of the Pacific (The Landmark Library

    Narrado por Mark Robertson ...
    Series series The Landmark Library

    Completo

    3 hora 51 minutos

    In Voyagers, the distinguished anthropologist Nick Thomas charts the course of the seaborne migrations that populated the islands between the Americas and the western coast of Asia from late prehistory onwards: firstly the colonization by speakers of Austronesian languages of the western Pacific littoral, from around 3000 BC, of the Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia and Melanesia; followed by the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bad Colonists

    The South Seas Letters of Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke

    In Bad Colonists Nicholas Thomas and Richard Eves provide a window into the fantasies and realities of colonial life by presenting separate sets of letters by two late-nineteenth-century British colonists of the South Pacific: Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke. Thomas and Eves frame the letters—addressed mostly to the colonists’ mothers—with commentary that explores colonial degeneration in the ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Photography's Other Histories

    Series series Objects/Histories
    Moving the critical debate about photography away from its current Euro-American center of gravity, Photography’s Other Histories breaks with the notion that photographic history is best seen as the explosion of a Western technology advanced by the work of singular individuals. This collection presents a radically different account, describing photography as a globally disseminated and locally ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD