The Ivory Tower and Beyond

The Ivory Tower and Beyond PDF

Author: Susan Cochrane

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1443806250

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There is a tradition of “participant history” among historians of the Pacific Islands, unafraid to show their hands on issues of public importance and risking controversy to make their voices heard. This book explores the theme of the participant historian by delving into the lives of J.C. Beaglehole, J.W. Davidson, Richard Gilson, Harry Maude and Brij V. Lal. They lived at the interface of scholarship and practical engagement in such capacities as constitutional advisers, defenders of civil liberties, or upholders of the principles of academic freedom. As well as writing history, they “made” history, and their excursions beyond the ivory tower informed their scholarship. Doug Munro’s sympathetic engagement with these five historians is likewise informed by his own long-term involvement with the sub-discipline of Pacific History.

Thirteen Bones

Thirteen Bones PDF

Author: Tom King

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1608441857

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"Thirteen Bones is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery--TIGHAR--during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator Gerald B. Gallagher and his superiors in Fiji, reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans--even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's"--Page 4 of cover.

Tungaru Traditions

Tungaru Traditions PDF

Author: Arthur Francis Grimble

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2019-03-31

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0824882237

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Grimble's ethnographic studies of the Gilbertese, prepared between 1916 and 1926, provide an excellent baseline account of a fundamentally pre-contact culture. This collection, edited and introduced by H.E. Maude, comprises essays on mythology, history, and dancing; four chapters on the Maneaba; and organized field notes.

Asia and Pacific Review 2003/04

Asia and Pacific Review 2003/04 PDF

Author: Kogan Page

Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9780749440633

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Covering the whole of Asia and the Pacific region, this text provides both an analytic overview and specific data for each of the 60 countries. Introductory chapters cover regional issues, including: a regional review with the year's trends, developments and key events' analysis of the threat of terrorism in the region; the effects of deflation on the economy; the water crisis and its impact on the poor; and the successes and failures of micro-credit in the region. political and economic surveys identifying the trends, developments, problems and solutions; country profiles, including information on economic sectors, political parties and systems, demographics and languages; key facts and analysis of vital statistics; business guide offering practical information for visitors to the country, including local contact addresses; key indicators setting out the country's key economic indicators between 1998 and 2003.

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