How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognized a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians, and South-east Asians: peoples allegedly differing in physical appearance, temperament, achievements, and perhaps even intelligence. Terrell shows that such simple divisions do not fit the known facts and provide little more than a crude, static picture of human diversity.
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How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language, and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognized a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians, and South-east Asians: peoples allegedly differing in physical appearance, temperament, achievements, and perhaps even intelligence. Terrell shows that such simple divisions do not fit the known facts and provide little more than a crude, static picture of human diversity.
'... a stimulating and critical assessment of the history of the Pacific Islands.' New Scientist
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Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. Cambridge University Press, 1990. Large 8vo. First paperback edition: 1988, reprinted: 1990. Xvi + [302] pp. Price notation penciled on ffep. Clean copy, a little shelfwear at corners, black remainder mark on bottom of text block. Pages: clean, white, free of markings. ; Remainder; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 318 pages First Paperback Edition; Second Printing. N° de réf. du vendeur 27200
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1986/1988. South Pacific. Cambridge University Press. Signed and dedicated by the author. Very good paperback 299p. 7/25. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 845030625
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Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 299 pp, index, plates, maps. Wraps have light edgewear. Back endpaper spotted - interior o/w unmarked. Spine straight and uncreased. N° de réf. du vendeur 016886
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Gr.-8°, Softcover/Paperback. Reprint of first paperback edition. 299 pp. : richly illustrated (b/w). Language: English. In good condition. Minor signs of usage. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 580. N° de réf. du vendeur 78810
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Vendeur : Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
[0-521-36956-8] 1988. (Small 4to paperback) Very good. 299pp. Notes, maps, graphs, diagrams, tables, photographs, illustrations, references, index. There is residue from a sticker at the bottom of the spine, the covers are lightly edgeworn and there is a previous owner's name on the first page. "How, asks John Terrell in this richly-illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, language and custom? Traditionally scholars have recognised a simple racial division between Polynesians, Micronesians, Melanesians, Australians and South-east Asians". Locale: Australasia; Pacific Islands; Polynesia; South-East Asia. (Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Customs, Human Ecology, Linguistics, Prehistory, Social Behavior). N° de réf. du vendeur 152858
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