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$22.50
2f19/45

Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 1798-1939


HOURANI, ALBERT

Super octavo,illus light card covers , x + 406pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Albert Hourani Arabic thought islam politics society European influence Egypt Lebanonn religion history

$45.00
2f20/4

Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism


ABERCROMBIE, NICHOLAS & HILL, STEPHEN & TURNER, BR

Tidy ex library, octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 211pp, VG+ (library label to front pastedown, usu library markings) in VG+ d/w (rubbing to rear board, usu library markings)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1986

KEYWORDS: Nicholas Abercrombie Stephen Hill Bryan S Turner politics capitalism economics individualism Tocqueville Milton Friedman collectivism history

$100.00
2f20/11

Te Whanau o Waipareira Report / Waitangi Tribunal Report 1998


n/a

Quarto, green light card covers with black lettering, xxix + 266pp, VG+ (rubbing & creasing to lower rear cover edge, bruising & creasing to front cover corners, slight bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: GP Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: Waitangi tribunal New Zealand Maori Waipareira history law justice claims

$27.50
xxeja49376

Hokianga


LEE, JACK

softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography hokianga ngapuhi jack lee specials

$24.50
2f21/2

Big Business, The State, and Free Trade: Construction Coalitions in Mexico


THACKER, STROM C.

octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering and rule to front board, xvi + 239pp, near fine in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and fading)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: strom c. thacker mexico history free trade construction coalitions business politics

$140.00
2f21/5

A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France


PITTS, JENNIFER

first edition, scarce in hardcover, octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 382pp, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: jennifer pitts politics political philosophy history britain france imperial liberalism empire

$22.50
2f21/7

The Invention of the West: Joseph Conrad and the Double-Mapping of Europe and Empire


GOGWILT, CHRISTOPHER

octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 281pp, VG+ (v light wear)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: history christopher gogwilt literary criticism imaginative geography europe empire the west cartography joseph conrad

$15.00
xxejb49383

Clio In Oceania: Towards a Historical Anthropology


BIERSACK, ALETTA (ed.)

hardback octavo with d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution, 1991

KEYWORDS: specials oceania anthropology fiji politics history culture polynesia melanesia

$22.50
xxejb49384

Samoan Village Economy


LOCKWOOD, BRIAN

ex library hardback octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press; 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Samoa economy history culture society anthropology brian lockwood

$18.50
xxejb49386

Readings in New Guinea History


JINKS, B., BISKUP, P. & NELSON, H. (eds.)

ex library hardback octavo w d/w, faded spine (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1973

KEYWORDS: specials new guinea history sociol science development economics military labour

$15.50
xxejb49389

The Polynesian Journal


MARTIN, CAPTAIN HENRY BYAM

hardback octavo with d/w, d/w rubbed (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press, 1981

KEYWORDS: specials polyenesia history journal captain henry byan martin british royal navy ethnology culture pacific islands

$19.50
2f21/41

Antarctica: Great Stories from the Frozen Continent


READERS DIGEST

Quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus half-title page, illus title page, frontispiece, 320pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to upper & lower page edges, owner's name stamp & date in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reader's Digest 1985

KEYWORDS: Reader's Digest Antarctica continent history wildlife science resources exploration expedition

$35.00
2f21/46

Islamic Historiograhpy


ROBINSON, CHASE F

Octavo, illustrated light card covers, xxv + 237pp, illus, nr fine (v slight rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Chase F Robinson Islamic history muslims Arabic literature social function politics 8th century to 16th century

$37.50
2f21/50

Corruption: Expanding the Focus


BARCHAM, MANUHUIA & HINDESS, BARRY & LARMOUR, PET

Imperial octavo, black light card covers, ix + 177pp, fine

PUBLISHER: Australian National University 2012

KEYWORDS: Manuhuia Barcham Barry Hindess Peter Lamour corruption causes incidence political theory history critical literature political science law sociology public policy NGOs media

$32.50
2f22/1

Northcote 75: A Celebration of the Northcote-Birkenhead Rugby Club 1929-2004


HOWITT, BOB (Ed)

Super octavo, illustrated light card covers, 144pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Northcote Birkenhead Rugby Union & Sports Club 2004

KEYWORDS: Bob Howitt Northcote Birkenhead rugby club All Blacks Auckland North Harbour history 75 years

$32.50
2f20/25

Indonesia: Dualism, Growth and Poverty


GARNAUT, R.G. & MCCAWLEY, P.T. (eds)

this volume only, super octavo, illus light card covers, v + pp289 - 556, VG+ (v light wear)

PUBLISHER: Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University 1980

KEYWORDS: anthropology sociology history indonesia australia dualism politics r.g. garnaut p.t. mccawley

$40.00
2f20/29

Rednecks, Eggheads and Blackfellas: A Study of Racial Power and Intimacy in Australia


COWLISHAW, GILLIAN

first edition, octavo, illus light card covers, xix + 352pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and rubbing, sticker removed from fep leaving slight marking, price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1999

KEYWORDS: first edition australia history sociology anthropology racism racial power gillian cowlishaw

$60.00
2f20/37

Unsettling the Settler State: Creativity and Resistance in Indigenous Settler State Governance


foreword by Stephen Cornell

MADDISON, SARAH & BRIGG, MORGAN (eds)

octavo, illus light card covers, xviii + 236pp, VG+ (light wear and rubbing)

PUBLISHER: The Federation Press 2011

KEYWORDS: sarah maddison morgan brigg history australia indigenous anthropology aborigine aboriginal politics sociology culture

$75.00
2f20/41

Remote Possibilities: The Aboriginal Domain and the Administrative Imagination


ROWSE, TIM

ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, viii + 117pp, VG (light wear, usual library treatments) in sellotaped plastic covering

PUBLISHER: North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University 1992

KEYWORDS: tim rowse australia australian history aborigine aboriginal domain anthropology sociology politics government

$50.00
2f20/45

Ritual and Knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea


BARTH, FREDRIK

first edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 292pp, illus, VG (damp stain to boards, light wear and soiling) in VG d/w (wear to extremities including small closed tears to head and tail of spine and bruising to corners, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press/Universitetsforlaget 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition new guinea baktaman ritual anthropology sociology history fredrik barth

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