Publications
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Strings of Connectedness. Essays in honour of Ian Keen
(2015)
For nearly four decades, Ian Keen has been an important, challenging, and engaging presence in Australian anthropology. Beginning with his PhD research in the mid-1970s and through to the present, he has been a leading ...
The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji
(2009)
This book explores the factors behind – and the implications of – the 2006 coup. It brings together contributions from leading scholars, local personalities, civil society activists, union leaders, journalists, lawyers, ...
Aboriginal Placenames
(2009)
Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, ...
Assessing the evidence on Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes
(2006)
Aboriginal australian; Social conditions; Economic conditions
An Atlas on Global Water Cycle
(2009)
What do climate models predict for the rainfall where you live? What about evaporation or runoff? Should your local community consider constructing new dams or do the existing water storages appear adequate? What about the ...
From Election to Coup The 2006 Campaign and its Aftermath
(2007)
In May 2006 Fiji held its tenth general election since independence in 1970. In a country with an unenviable history of electoral trauma, the mood was apprehensive if not tense – not least because of controversial public ...
Fresh Perspectives on the 'War on Terror'
(2008)
On 20 September 2001, in an address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American people, President George W Bush declared a ‘war on terror’. The concept of the ‘war on terror’ has proven to be both an attractive and a ...
Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands
(2006)
Politics and government; Globalization; Congresses; Oceania
Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750-1940
(2008)
From the 18th century, Oceania became the principal laboratory of raciology for scholars, voyagers, and colonisers alike. By juxtaposing encounters and theory, this magisterial book explores the semantics of human difference ...
First Contacts in Polynesia
(2008)
This book explores the first encounters between Samoans and Europeans up to the arrival of the missionaries, using all available sources for the years 1722 to the 1830s, paying special attention to the first encounter on ...