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Author : Kipeni Suápaía
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Samoa
ISBN : UCSC:32106014888702
History, Customs, Legends And The Tribal Form Of Government Of The Samoan Islands.
Author : Jane Schwalger-Wyatt
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631357664
Evil Paradise is based on the author’s unique and moving life story. Jane Schwalger-Wyatt was born the illegitimate child of a wealthy plantation owner’s nephew and a traditional village girl on the exotic Polynesian island of Samoa. Born between two cultures and classes in the turbulent post-colonial years, and unwanted by either parent, her future looked bleak. After Jane’s birth, a pact was made between her grandmother and her wealthy great aunt. Jane spent her first ten years as a village girl raised by her grandmother, with her identity kept secret. Although adored by her grandmother, she endured hardship, brutality, and sexual abuse. Upon her grandmother’s death, Jane escaped to what she thought would be paradise on earth: her rich aunt’s estate, but she discovered that it held terrible secrets. In time, Jane learned about the savage history that blighted the plantation and the bizarre secret kept hidden upstairs in the mansion. After a failed reunion with her father, she was sent to her mother in New Zealand, where she was rejected yet again. Whilst battling overwhelming obstacles to make a life for herself, Jane’s second child was diagnosed with profound disabilities. How she managed to endure proves an unparalleled feat of human endurance and faith. She clung to the few that truly loved her, striving to make a life for herself with fierce and inspirational determination.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Fiji
ISBN : OCLC:1428257418
Travel diary of a tour taken to the Fijian Islands, and particularly the Yasawa Group, by a party of 4 Australian men.
Author : Benjamin Sacks
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030272685
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.
Author : Jeannette Marie Mageo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0472085182
Anthropologist Jeannette Marie Mageo develops a new theory of the self in culture through a psychological and historical ethnography of Samoa--which provides a unique opportunity to consider the dialectic between historical change and personal experience, and uncovers ways in which cultural history is forever leaving its fingerprints upon human lives. Photos.
Author : Nicholas Thomas,Anna Cole,Bronwen Douglas
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781861898234
The popularity of tattoos today is a revival of a practice begun in the late eighteenth century, when Westerners first made contact with the native peoples of the Pacific. The term ‘tattoo’ entered Europe with the publication of Captain Cook’s voyages in the 1770s, and Pacific tattoos became fashionable in the West as sailors, whalers and explorers brought home tattoos from Tahiti, the Marquesas, New Zealand and Polynesia. In recent years these early contacts have been revived, as native tattooists from Oceania have begun tattooing non-Polynesians in Europe, the USA and elsewhere. Tattoo is both a fascinating book about these early Oceanic–European exchanges, that also documents developments up to the present day, and the first to look at the history of tattooing in Oceania itself. Documenting these complex cultural interactions in the first part of the book, the authors move from issues of encounter, representation and exchange to the interventions of missionaries and the colonial state in local tattoo practices. Highly illustrated with many previously unseen images, for example the original voyage sketches of the first Russian circumnavigation of 1803–6, this is a fascinating account of early tattooing and cultural exchange in Oceania, and will appeal to the wide audience interested in the history of tattooing.
Author : Michael T. Skully
Publisher : Springer
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1987-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349096237
Author : Margaret Mead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351526081
Margaret Mead once said, "I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples--faraway peoples--so that Americans might better understand themselves." Continuities in Cultural Evolution is evidence of this devotion. All of Mead's efforts were intended to help others learn about themselves and work toward a more humane and socially responsible society. Scientist, writer, explorer, and teacher, Mead brought the serious work of anthropology into the public consciousness. This volume began as the Terry Lectures, given at Yale in 1957 and was not published until 1964, after extensive reworking. The time she spent on revision is evidence of the importance Mead attached to the subject: the need to develop a truly evolutionary vision of human culture and society. This was desirable in her eyes both in order to reinforce the historical dimension in our ideas about human culture, and to preserve the relevance of historical and cultural diversity to social, economic, and political action. Given the present state of academic and public discourse alike, this volume speaks to us in a language we badly need to recover.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Natural resources
ISBN : UOM:39015001461220
Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : IND:30000077253882
Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128654105
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1116 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006280858
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)
Author : United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:30000010636110
CONTENTS.--1. Quest for quality.--2. The population challenge.--3. The third wave.
Author : National Geographic
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781426217517
National Geographic's flagship, best-selling guide covers all 59 national parks in the U.S. for nature and outdoor lovers everywhere. Intensive on-the-ground research, 300 photos and 80 colorful maps complete the extraordinary package. Practical and comprehensive coverage includes engaging, individual park descriptions and brief history, travel planning tips, itineraries and directions, activities, park lodges and hotels, visitor center contact information, and camping information. Well-known national parks writers provide new insights into the parks and share favorite spots for viewing scenery, wildlife, sunsets, and more in this Centennial edition.
Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1566911745
Long recognized as the premier travel writer to the South Pacific, author David Stanley narrows and deepens his focus in Tonga-Samoa Handbook. Covering the lush, tropical Samoas, the ancient Kingdom of Tonga, and lonely little Niue, this book provides: -- Penetrating coverage of the unique histories, cultures, and mores of the region -- Practical tips on flights to Tonga-Samoa and interisland travel -- Extensive accommodations listings, from the colorful International Dateline Hotel in Nuku'alofa to low-budget guesthouses in Apia -- Tips on where and what to eat: traditional Samoan palusami, the gargantuan Tongan feasts of Vava'u, and the pizzerias and mountainous ice-cream cones of Pago Pago -- 32 detailed maps