Merlan francesca (149 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. no dj, some wear, still nice! - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Etat : Acceptable. HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Book As New: unread, remainder marked. DJ is Near Fine: shiny, spine sunned. 9 plates, 3 maps, 3 figures. 387pp. *** Index, bibliography. *** 1st ed.

1991. South Pacific, Oceania, New Guuinea. Cambridge University Press. Very good - near fine boards and dust jacket 387p.

Hardcover. Etat : Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Minor shelf-wear.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Very mild shelfwear. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Etat : New. New. Caging the Rainbow: Places, Politics and Aborigines in a North Australian Town by Francesca Merlan. University of Hawaii Press, 1998. 296pp. Language: English.

Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Etat : New.

Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. Tracking Rural Change: Community, Policy and Technology in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Etat : New.

Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. Wives and Wanderers in a New Guinea Highlands Society: Women's lives in the Wahgi Valley. Book.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Very good. Cloth 8vo. An ethnographic exploration of change and continuity in the lives and social orientations of Aborigines around the town of Katherine in the Northern Territory of Australia. 283pp. Index, ref. B/w illus, maps. 1st ed. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |. …

Paperback. Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : New. 2nd.

Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvii + 387pp, appendices, notes, glossary, bibiography, index, a very good copy in little sunned dustjacket. No 10 in Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language. The highlanders of New Guinea are renowned for their elaborate systems of ceremonial exchange. Although much has been written about them, previous accounts have concentrated far less on the conduct of exchange events than on the structure of exchange systems. Ku Waru deals centrally with the conduct of particular exchange events, and shows through examination of them how larger social structures are reproduced and transformed. As part of the emphasis on exchange as social action, the book closely examines the oratory that plays a crucial part in the events. Basing their study on original fieldwork carried out in the Nebilyer Valley, Francesca Merlan and Alan Rumsey focus on an inter related set of large-scale compensation payments which arose out of an episode of warfare. This cycle is particularly remarkable as women had stopped the fighting and participated for the first time as transactors and orators in the ensuing exchange events. This book furthers our understanding of the interaction between social structures and historical events; and particularly of the crucial role of talk. It will be of special interest to anthropologists and linguists.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xvii, 387 pages : illustrations. Subject: Anthropological linguistics Papua New Guinea Nebilyer River Valley. Manners and customs.Politics and government. Bo-Ung language ; Texts. Tok Pisin language ; Texts. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Unmarked text. Library stamp on front cover. Articles on Warlpiri Sign Language, Antisociety in the Anganen ceremonial exchange, and more. Measures 6.25x9.75 inches. pp239-323.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Unmarked text. Library stamp on first page. Articles on women's work in Vanuatu, French Neocolonialism and the Tibuai Economy, Fijian peasantry, and more. Measures 6.25x9.75 inches. pp161-238.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Unmarked text. Age toning on cover. Sixtieth Anniversay Index by Francesa Merlan. Key-word subject index for Oceania volumes 1-60, 1930-1990. Author-Title Index for Oceania Volumes 1-60, 1930-1990.