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Author: Jukka Siikala
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Published: 2021-09-29
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789523690462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1990, this collection of essays by eminent anthropologists explores the question of culture as a repository of historical information and also addresses the broader questions of anthropological writing at the time.
Author: Matt K. Matsuda
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-01-19
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 0521887631
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssential single-volume history of the Pacific region and the global interactions which define it.
Author: Jolie Liston
Publisher: ANU E Press
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1921862483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This volume emerges from a ground-breaking conference held in the Republic of Palau on cultural heritage in the Pacific. It includes bold investigations of the role of cultural heritage in identity-making, and the ways in which community engagement informs heritage management practices. This is the first broad and detailed investigation of the unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage of the Pacific from a heritage management perspective. It identifies new trends in research and assesses relationships between archaeologists, heritage managers and local communities. The methods which emerge from these relationships will be critical to the effective management of heritage sites in the 21st century. A wonderful book which emerges from an extraordinary conference. Essential reading for cultural heritage managers, archaeologists and others with an interest in caring for the unique cultural heritage of the Pacific Islands".
Author: Michael R. Auslin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011-05-05
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 0674060806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with the first Japanese and Americans to make contact in the early 1800s, Michael Auslin traces a unique cultural relationship. He focuses on organizations devoted to cultural exchange, such as the American Friends’ Association in Tokyo and the Japan Society of New York, as well as key individuals who promoted mutual understanding.
Author: Christina Twomey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-15
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1317807898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Pacific War is an umbrella term that refers collectively to a disparate set of wars, however, this book presents a strong case for considering this assemblage of conflicts as a collective, singular war. It highlights the genuine thematic commonalities in the legacies of war that cohere across the Asia-Pacific and shows how the wars, both individually and collectively, wrought dramatic change to the geo-political makeup of the region. This book discusses the cultural, political and social implications of the Pacific War and engages with debates over the war’s impact, legacies, and continuing cultural resonances. Crucially, it examines the meanings and significance of the Second World War from a truly international perspective and the contributors present fascinating case studies that highlight the myriad of localised idiosyncrasies in how the Pacific War has been remembered and deployed in political contexts. The chapters trace the shared legacy that the individual wars had on demographics, culture and mobility across the Asia Pacific, and demonstrate how in the aftermath of the war political borders were transformed and new nation states emerged. The book also considers racial and sexual tensions which accompanied the arrival of both Allied and Axis personnel and their long lasting consequences, as well as the impact returning veterans and the war crime trials that followed the conflict had on societies in the region. In doing so, it succeeds in illuminating the events and issues that unfolded in the weeks, months, and indeed decades after the war. This interdisciplinary volume examines the aftermaths and legacies of war for individuals, communities, and institutions across South, Southeast, and East Asia, Oceania, and the Pacific world. As such, it will be welcomed by students and scholars of Asian history, modern history and cultural history, as well as by those interested in issues of memory and commemoration.
Author: Bruce Prideaux
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-09-13
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1317998618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Asia Pacific region’s enormous diversity of living cultures and preserved heritage sites has significant appeal to many tourists. However tourism has grown so rapidly that many issues associated with the incorporation of cultural and heritage experiences in tourist itineraries (such as authenticity verses commodification, exploitation of national cultures, impacts on local communities, and the management of heritage resources) have not been adequately addressed and must be debated. This revealing book reviews recent developments in cultural and heritage tourism in the Asia Pacific region and provides a discussion on how communities have faced and overcome significant challenges to develop and market their culture and heritage resources. A range of models and case studies are used to deepen the reader’s understanding of heritage and cultural issues, to illustrate many of the more controversial issues, and to examine new evaluative, and planning tools. This book is a special issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research.
Author: Richard Nile
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780816030835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the societies and cultures that evolved in the South Pacific and the changes brought by European contact
Author: Max Quanchi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993-03-22
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521422840
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region.
Author: Jukka Siikala
Publisher: Helsinki University Press
Published: 2021-09-29
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9523690477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCulture and History in the Pacific is a collection of essays originally published in 1990. The texts explore from different perspectives the question of culture as a repository of historical information. They also address broader questions of anthropological writing at the time, such as the relationship between anthropologists’ representations and local conceptions. This republication aims to make the book accessible to a wider audience, and in the region it discusses, Oceania. A new introductory essay has been included to contextualize the volume in relation to its historical setting, the end of the Cold War era, and to the present study of the Pacific and indigenous scholarship. The authors of Culture and History in the Pacific include prominent anthropologists of the Pacific, some of whom – Roger Keesing and Marilyn Strathern, to name but two – have also been influential in the anthropology of the late 20th and early 21st century in general.
Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy has the Pacific region reached such preeminence? What links its disparate cultures? In a provocative analysis that combines politics and culture as well as economics, Winchester gives readers a remarkable new look at the people of this region, from Japan to Australia, Korea to the west coasts of North and South America. 25 maps.
