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Jesuits at the Margins - Missions and Missionaries in the Marianas (1668-1769) (Hardcover): Alexandre Coello de la Rosa Jesuits at the Margins - Missions and Missionaries in the Marianas (1668-1769) (Hardcover)
Alexandre Coello de la Rosa
R4,952 Discovery Miles 49 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the past decades historians have interpreted early modern Christian missions not simply as an adjunct to Western imperialism, but a privileged field for cross-cultural encounters. Placing the Jesuit missions into a global phenomenon that emphasizes economic and cultural relations between Europe and the East, this book analyzes the possibilities and limitations of the religious conversion in the Micronesian islands of Guahan (or Guam) and the Northern Marianas. Frontiers are not rigid spatial lines separating culturally different groups of people, but rather active agents in the transformation of cultures. By bringing this local dimension to the fore, the book adheres to a process of missionary "glocalization" which allowed Chamorros to enter the international community as members of Spain's regional empire and the global communion of the Roman Catholic Church.

Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia (Paperback): Nicole Starbuck Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia (Paperback)
Nicole Starbuck
R1,611 Discovery Miles 16 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first in-depth study of the sojourn in Sydney made by Nicolas Baudin's scientific expedition to Australia in 1802. Starbuck focuses on the reconstruction of the voyage during the expedition's stay in colonial Sydney and how this sheds new light on our understanding of French society, politics and science in the era of Bonaparte.

Van Diemen's Land - An Aboriginal History (Paperback): Murray Johnson, Ian McFarlane Van Diemen's Land - An Aboriginal History (Paperback)
Murray Johnson, Ian McFarlane
R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation and against almost insurmountable odds for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Starting from antiquity, the book examines the devastating arrival of Europeans and subsequent colonisation, warfare and exile. It emphasises the regionalism and separateness, a consistent feature of Aboriginal life since time immemorial. Carefully researched using extensive archaeological and documentary evidence, this important book fills a long-time gap in Tasmanian history.

The Europeans in Australia - Volume Three - Nation (Paperback): Alan Atkinson The Europeans in Australia - Volume Three - Nation (Paperback)
Alan Atkinson
R858 R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Save R83 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the second installment in the acclaimed three-volume history of Australia. Atkinson's aim is to show what the European did with Australia--and why they did it--what drove them, what troubled them--during the first four or five generations of colonization, up to the end of the Great War. This volume takes the story from around 1815 to the early l870s. Atkinson tells of the expansion and enrichment of the colonies and the emergence of democracy.

The Blue Plateau - An Australian Pastoral (Paperback): Mark Tredinnick The Blue Plateau - An Australian Pastoral (Paperback)
Mark Tredinnick
R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Located in the Blue Mountains southwest of Sydney, the Blue Plateau is a contrary collection of canyons and creeks, cow paddocks and eucalyptus forests, the first people and ranchers. This book reveals the plateau through its inhabitants: the Gundungurra people who were there first and still remain; the Maxwell family, who tried, but failed, to tame the land; the affable, impoverished, often drunken ranchers and firefighters; and the author himself, a poet trying to insinuate his citified self into a rugged landscape defined by drought, fire, and scarcity. Like the works of Peter Mathiessen, Barry Lopez, and William Least Heat-Moon, "The Blue Plateau" is a deep examination of place that transcends genre, incorporating poetry, people's history, ecology, mythology, and memoir to reveal how humanity and nature intertwine to create a home. Elegiac and intimately composed, this vivid portrait of a rugged wilds expands readers' sense of the place they call home.

Consuming Ocean Island - Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba (Hardcover): Katerina Martina Teaiwa Consuming Ocean Island - Stories of People and Phosphate from Banaba (Hardcover)
Katerina Martina Teaiwa
R2,025 R1,741 Discovery Miles 17 410 Save R284 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans were relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. Katerina Martina Teaiwa tells the story of this human and ecological calamity by weaving together memories, records, and images from displaced islanders, colonial administrators, and employees of the mining company. Her compelling narrative reminds us of what is at stake whenever the interests of industrial agriculture and indigenous minorities come into conflict. The Banaban experience offers insight into the plight of other island peoples facing forced migration as a result of human impact on the environment.

The Other Side of the Frontier - Aboriginal Resistance to the European invasion of Australia (Paperback, New edition): Henry... The Other Side of the Frontier - Aboriginal Resistance to the European invasion of Australia (Paperback, New edition)
Henry Reynolds
R497 Discovery Miles 4 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The publication of ""The Other Side of the Frontier"" in 1981 profoundly changed the way in which we understand the history of relations between indigenous Australians and European settlers. It has since become a classic of Australian history. Drawing from documentary and oral evidence, the book describes in meticulous and compelling detail the ways in which Aborigines responded to the arrival of Europeans. Henry Reynolds' argument that the Aborigines resisted fiercely was highly original when it was first published and is no less challenging today.

The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific (Paperback): Akira Iriye The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific (Paperback)
Akira Iriye
R2,508 Discovery Miles 25 080 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan, which had not been able to defeat the isolated and divided forces of China, decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers?

A History of the Modern Australian University (Paperback): Hannah Forsyth A History of the Modern Australian University (Paperback)
Hannah Forsyth
R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A perceptive, clear-eyed account of Australian universities, recounting their history from the 1850s to the present. Investigating the changing nature of higher education, this book asks whether this success is likely to continue in the 21st century, as the university's hold over knowledge grows ever more tenuous.

A History of the Pacific Islands - Passages through Tropical Time (Paperback): Deryck Scarr A History of the Pacific Islands - Passages through Tropical Time (Paperback)
Deryck Scarr
R1,634 Discovery Miles 16 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A book about the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space spanning the centuries from the first settlement of the islands until the present day.

The Indian Ocean Rim - Southern Africa and Regional Cooperation (Paperback): Gwyn Campbell The Indian Ocean Rim - Southern Africa and Regional Cooperation (Paperback)
Gwyn Campbell
R1,501 Discovery Miles 15 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation was formally established in 1997 under the leadership of South Africa, India and Australia. The demise of Apartheid, the fall of the Soviet empire, and the rapid advance of globalization altered the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean region in the early 1990s and served as a catalyst in the creation of the IOR. This book contextualizes the founding of the IOR by outlining the historical aspects of economic ties across the Indian Ocean and previous attempts to promote regional cooperation. The contributors to this volume analyse the post-colonial ideological legacy, the political and economic constraints caused by Apartheid and communism, the end of protectionism and the problem of globalization. These major themes in the history of the IOR are applied to what the future holds for Southern Africa within this economic grouping, and whether or not regional cooperation will manage to compete with globalization. This volume will be of interest to scholars of development studies, international relations, Third World studies, and regional development.

Conciliation on Colonial Frontiers - Conflict, Performance, and Commemoration in Australia and the Pacific Rim (Hardcover):... Conciliation on Colonial Frontiers - Conflict, Performance, and Commemoration in Australia and the Pacific Rim (Hardcover)
Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds
R4,935 Discovery Miles 49 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Spanning the late 18th century to the present, this volume explores new directions in imperial and postcolonial histories of conciliation, performance, and conflict between European colonizers and Indigenous peoples in Australia and the Pacific Rim, including Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawaii and the Northwest Pacific Coast. It examines cultural "rituals" and objects; the re-enactments of various events and encounters of exchange, conciliation and diplomacy that occurred on colonial frontiers between non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples; commemorations of historic events; and how the histories of colonial conflict and conciliation are politicized in nation-building and national identities.

Australia 1901 - 2001 - A Narrative History (Paperback): Andrew Tink Australia 1901 - 2001 - A Narrative History (Paperback)
Andrew Tink
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'So tightly packed were the crowds lining Sydney's streets on 1 January 1901 that they resembled a dense well-tended hedge. Early morning showers had followed a thunderstorm the previous evening and many carried umbrellas as they waited for the procession. Planning for this New Year's Day had been going on in earnest for about three and a half months, after Queen Victoria had declared it to be the day upon which the Commonwealth of Australia would come into being.' Andrew Tink's superb book tells the story of Australia in the 20th century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. It was a century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science and the arts. Tink's story is driven by people, whether they be prime ministers, soldiers, shopkeepers, singers, footballers or farmers; men or women, Australian born, immigrant or Aborigine. He brings the decades to life, writing with empathy, humour and insight to create a narrative that is as entertaining as it is illuminating.

Kokoda Air Strikes - Allied air forces in New Guinea, 1942 (Paperback): Anthony Cooper Kokoda Air Strikes - Allied air forces in New Guinea, 1942 (Paperback)
Anthony Cooper
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The author of the bestselling Darwin Spitfires casts a forensic eye over the role that Allied air forces played - or failed to play - in crucial World War II campaigns in New Guinea. This is the story of the early battles of the South West Pacific theatre - the Coral Sea, Kokoda, Milne Bay, Guadalcanal - presented as a single air campaign that began with the Japanese conquest of Rabaul in January 1942. It is a story of both Australian and American airmen who flew and fought in the face of adversity - with incomplete training, inadequate aircraft, and from poorly set up and exposed airfields. And they persisted despite extreme exhaustion, sickness, poor morale and the near certainty of being murdered by their Japanese captors if they went down in enemy territory.

Australian Settler Colonialism and the Cummeragunja Aboriginal Station - Redrawing Boundaries (Hardcover, New): Australian Settler Colonialism and the Cummeragunja Aboriginal Station - Redrawing Boundaries (Hardcover, New)
R3,717 Discovery Miles 37 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1938, the anthropologist Norman Tindale gave a classroom of young Aboriginal children a set of crayons and asked them to draw. The children, residents of the government-run Aboriginal station Cummeragunja, mostly drew pictures of aspects of white civilization boats, houses and flowers. What now to make of their artwork? Were the children encouraged or pressured to draw non-Aboriginal scenes, or did they draw freely, appropriating the white culture they now lived within? Did their Aboriginality change the meaning of their art, as they sketched out this ubiquitous colonial imagery? Australian Settler Colonialism and the Cummeragunja Aboriginal Station traces Cummeragunja's history from its establishment in the 1880s to its mass walk-off in 1939 and finally, to the 1960s, when its residents regained greater control over the land. Taking in oral history traditions, the author reveals the competing interests of settler governments, scientific and religious organizations, and nearby settler communities. The nature of these interests has broad and important implications for understanding settler colonial history. This history shows white people set boundaries on Aboriginal behaviour and movement, through direct legislation and the provision of opportunities and acceptance. But Aboriginal people had agency within and, at times, beyond these limits. Aboriginal people appropriated aspects of white culture including the houses, the flowers and the boats that their children drew for Tindale - reshaping them into new tools for Aboriginal society, tools with which to build lives and futures in a changed environment.

The Chinese Hsinhai Revolution - G. E. Morrison and Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1897-1920 (Paperback): Eiko Woodhouse The Chinese Hsinhai Revolution - G. E. Morrison and Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1897-1920 (Paperback)
Eiko Woodhouse
R1,502 Discovery Miles 15 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Chinese Hsinhai Revolution explores and explains for the first time the important role of G. E. Morrison in great power diplomacy in China from the end of the Russo-Japanese War to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. The work is based on a wide range of multinational scholarly sources and in order to develop the context in which Morrison carried out his personal diplomacy and to delineate the many-sided story into which Morrison has to be placed, Woodhouse has in addition to mining the very rich Morrison collection, drawn upon British, Japanese and American personal and official materials.

War on Corruption - An Indonesian Experience (Paperback): Todung Mulya Lubis War on Corruption - An Indonesian Experience (Paperback)
Todung Mulya Lubis
R1,305 R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Save R557 (43%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

War on Corruption: An Indonesian Experience is a courageous, informed, and sober insider's account of the challenge for democracy and the rule of law within the fourth most populous nation.Corruption is a huge problem in Indonesia. Some reasons are easy to identify and flow on from the authoritarianism of the Soeharto New Order. Other factors are less apparent. As Todung Mulya Lubis, one of Indonesia's leading human rights lawyers and most influential legal thinkers, explains, 'Now corruptors come from the legislature, government, judiciary, and business communities, and they are not simply thieves but rent-seekers, benefiting from rapid economic development and weak law enforcement'. In his telling, the best efforts of the most unswerving and talented corruption fighters in Indonesia have been frustrated since the Soeharto regime was overthrown a generation ago. But as Todung also shows, there have recently been many successful prosecutions of corrupt officials, from the lowest levels to the very upper echelons of government and society. The creation of the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission, the KPK, in 2003, was an inspired move. For all its problems, arising from both internal dynamics and the often hostile social and institutional environments in which it has operated, the legal independence and dogged idealism of the KPK have made it a genuine force for renewal.

Te Ata o Tu - The Shadow of Tumatauenga (Hardcover): Rebecca Rice, Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald Te Ata o Tu - The Shadow of Tumatauenga (Hardcover)
Rebecca Rice, Matiu Baker, Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The New Zealand Wars of 1845-72 were a series of bitter and bloody conflicts between Maori and Pakeha that extended from Wairau to the Bay of Islands, and from Taranaki to the East Cape. They are as important to New Zealand as the civil wars were to England and to the United States. Land and sovereignty were at their heart. This major book visits Te Papa's rich Matauranga Maori, History and Art collections to explore the material and visual culture, taonga and artefacts connected with key events and players associated with the Wars. The stories of its over 300 powerful objects - ranging from weapons and paintings to photographs and soldiers' letters - help us understand why the wars occurred and why their legacy continues to resonate. In addition, topical essays by leading Maori scholars and historians bring a depth of perspective and expertise.

Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870-1914 (Hardcover, New Ed): Simon Sleight Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870-1914 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Simon Sleight
R4,638 Discovery Miles 46 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Baby booms have a long history. In 1870, colonial Melbourne was 'perspiring juvenile humanity' with an astonishing 42 per cent of the city's inhabitants aged 14 and under - a demographic anomaly resulting from the gold rushes of the 1850s. Within this context, Simon Sleight enters the heated debate concerning the future prospects of 'Young Australia' and the place of the colonial child within the incipient Australian nation. Looking beyond those institutional sites so often assessed by historians of childhood, he ranges across the outdoor city to chart the relationship between a discourse about youth, youthful experience and the shaping of new urban spaces. Play, street work, consumerism, courtship, gang-related activities and public parades are examined using a plethora of historical sources to reveal a hitherto hidden layer of city life. Capturing the voices of young people as well as those of their parents, Sleight alerts us to the ways in which young people shaped the emergent metropolis by appropriating space and attempting to impress upon the city their own desires. Here a dynamic youth culture flourished well before the discovery of the 'teenager' in the mid-twentieth century; here young people and the city grew up together.

Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia (Hardcover): Nicole Starbuck Baudin, Napoleon and the Exploration of Australia (Hardcover)
Nicole Starbuck
R4,926 Discovery Miles 49 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Napoleonic era was a period of major transition. During this time, the explorer Nicolas Baudin made a voyage to Australia and made an unscheduled stop in Sydney where he restructured the expedition. Starbuck examines Baudin's captainship, life on board the ship, the details of the stop in Port Jackson, and the 'new voyage' that followed.

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii (Paperback): David Kalakaua The Legends and Myths of Hawaii (Paperback)
David Kalakaua; Contributions by Mint Editions
R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A moving account of Hawaii's most culturally significant stories, presented by King David Kalakaua. The Legends and Myths of Hawaii introduces readers to the social, historical, and religious customs of native Hawaiians, revealing the history of a culture that, for many years, functioned without outside influence. Chapters on leaders such as "Hina, the Helen of Hawaii," "Hua, King of Hana," and "Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui" illustrate Hawaii's most important tales and traditions. Originally published in 1888, King David Kalakaua's book remains a compelling and enduring collection of the archipelago's most memorable tales. With an eye-catching new cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Legends and Myths of Hawaii is specially designed for modern readers.

Regional Australia and the Great War - 'The Boys from Old Kio' (Paperback, New): Philip Payton Regional Australia and the Great War - 'The Boys from Old Kio' (Paperback, New)
Philip Payton
R1,092 Discovery Miles 10 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18. Alighting upon 'old Kio', the copper-mining communities of South Australia's northern Yorke Peninsula, he describes the relationship between the 'homefront' and the 'battlefront' half-a-world away. He draws an intimate portrait of Australia at war, from the lives (and deaths) of local soldiers-all volunteers-in the trenches far from home to the myriad reactions and activities of those in a community struggling to grasp the enormity of the situation in which it found itself. The book shows how community cohesion was fractured by increasing tensions and divisions, not least over the Conscription debate, as the war dragged on. And it shows how those volunteer soldiers fared in each of the great battles in which the Australians participated-from Gallipoli to the Western Front and the heady days of 1918.

Cricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879-1939 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Benjamin Sacks Cricket, Kirikiti and Imperialism in Samoa, 1879-1939 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Benjamin Sacks
R2,301 Discovery Miles 23 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book considers how Samoans embraced and reshaped the English game of cricket, recasting it as a distinctively Samoan pastime, kirikiti. Starting with cricket's introduction to the islands in 1879, it uses both cricket and kirikiti to trace six decades of contest between and within the categories of 'colonisers' and 'colonised.' How and why did Samoans adapt and appropriate the imperial game? How did officials, missionaries, colonists, soldiers and those with mixed foreign and Samoan heritage understand and respond to the real and symbolic challenges kirikiti presented? And how did Samoans use both games to navigate foreign colonialism(s)? By investigating these questions, Benjamin Sacks suggests alternative frameworks for conceptualising sporting transfer and adoption, and advances understandings of how power, politics and identity were manifested through sport, in Samoa and across the globe.

Flyers Far Away - Australian Aircrews over Europe in World War II (Hardcover): Michael Enright Flyers Far Away - Australian Aircrews over Europe in World War II (Hardcover)
Michael Enright
R1,205 R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Save R327 (27%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is about Australian aircrew in Europe during World War II and draws on extensive field research, including over two hundred interviews with survivors. The fact that the Australians were spread so widely across so many squadrons has contributed to substantial oversights, both in the official histories and in the literature on the field. Flyers Far Away redresses this imbalance and accords those largely forgotten Australian airmen a rightful place in the history of the European air war. Flyers Far Away describes how so many Australian airmen ended up in Western Europe fighting an Allied cause, in one of the bloodiest and most unforgiving campaigns of the Second World War. Using first-hand accounts from the surviving airmen, it traces their path from recruitment in Australia to operations over the Third Reich and Axis territories. For the first time, the exploits of all Australian aircrew, in Fighter, Bomber, Coastal and Tactical Air Force Commands are brought together in one volume.

A History of New Zealand Literature (Hardcover): Mark Williams A History of New Zealand Literature (Hardcover)
Mark Williams
R3,303 Discovery Miles 33 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A History of New Zealand Literature traces the genealogy of New Zealand literature from its first imaginings by Europeans in the eighteenth century. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction that charts the growth of, and challenges to, a nationalist literary tradition, the essays in this History illuminate the cultural and political intricacies of New Zealand literature, surveying the multilayered verse, fiction and drama of such diverse writers as Katherine Mansfield, Allen Curnow, Frank Sargeson, Janet Frame, Keri Hulme, Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History devotes special attention to the lasting significance of colonialism, biculturalism and multiculturalism in New Zealand literature. A History of New Zealand Literature is of pivotal importance to the development of New Zealand writing and will serve as an invaluable reference for specialists and students alike.

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