Australia & Oceania 100

José Garanger, chargé de recherche au C.N.R.S., effectua plusieurs missions archéologiques dans le Pacifique, tant en Polynésie qu'en Mélanésie, sous l'égide du C.N.R.S. et de l'ORSTOM. Il est égale……続きを見る

In Loving Memory of a wonderful Tasmanian traveller and global citizen. Growing up in Tasmania, Iola Mary Ballard found wisdom in the land, the people, and the companionship of a loyal dog named Car……続きを見る

This book is a collection of Mangisi's stories about playing marbles as a boy growing up in Tonga. He describes all the types of marbles used such as old-style seeds and nuts as well as imported gla……続きを見る

"Most Americans are unaware that the United States is a major terminus for the people of Tonga, an island nation in the South Pacific. Small examines Tongan migration to the United States in a trans……続きを見る

In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China’s rising economic and military strength, North Korea’s nuclear tests and……続きを見る

Full of colorful details and engrossing stories, Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles shows that the aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of others' respect was a ……続きを見る

Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru provides an extraordinary glimpse into the remote and difficult-to-access island of Nauru, exploring the realities of Nauru's offshore asylum arrangeme……続きを見る

Beginning with Lillian de Lissa’s career as foundation principal of the Adelaide Kindergarten Training College in Australia (1907–1917) and Gipsy Hill Training College in London (1917–1947), and inc……続きを見る

Winner of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature‘s Alvie Egan Award 2019! Winner of the Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) Dissertation Award 2018 This is the fir……続きを見る

Today the Asia-Pacific region stands on the verge of major change, with centuries of western dominated regional order being seriously challenged and quite possibly nearing its end. The emergence of ……続きを見る

This book provides an analysis of the Welsh immigrant community in the Ballarat/Sebastopol gold mining district of Victoria, Australia during the second half of the nineteenth century. As its focus,……続きを見る

In 1901, the year the six Australian colonies federated to become one country, revolution was being plotted across the world. Publicised in the newspapers and carried by migrants along global trade ……続きを見る

Trailblazing women of Australian Public Broadcasting, 1945 – 1975 offers a compelling new perspective of Australian radio and television history. It chronicles how a group of female producers defied……続きを見る

Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation’s history and culture, but roads are more than simply transport routes; they embody mu……続きを見る

How did Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population go from being the objectified subjects of documentary films to the directors and producers in the digital age? What prompted thes……続きを見る

Diese Studie widmet sich der Entwicklung des modernen Sozial- und Interventionsstaates im Australien des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sie zeigt, dass der australische Sozialstaat unterschiedliche historische E……続きを見る

Der Autor untersucht die übergeordnete Rolle, die der Erste Weltkrieg in der «kurzen» Geschichte Australiens spielt. Dieser Krieg und der in seiner Folge entstandene Anzac-Mythos besitzen seit der L……続きを見る

The book presents the first comprehensive history of Swiss settlement in New Zealand. It describes Swiss settlement in New Zealand from the time of the gold rushes in the 1860s to the present day in……続きを見る

This book discusses various aspects of World War I. It focuses on topics proposed by contributors resulting from their own research interests. Nevertheless, as a result of common efforts, re-visitin……続きを見る

«Wie gern möchte ich nur einmal Humboldten erzählen hören», so ein Seufzer Ottilies in Goethes Wahlverwandtschaften. Aber auch die anderen großen Lateinamerika-Reisenden und Weltumsegler seiner Zeit……続きを見る

Karl Hanssen’s memoirs provide an invaluable outsider’s view of life in New Zealand prisons and a unique perspective on German Samoa under New Zealand occupation. In October 1915, Hanssen, manager o……続きを見る

This volume is an annotated edition of Frida Peemüller’s memoirs of her time in German Samoa from 1910 to 1920. In her memoirs Frida Peemüller gives us a unique insight into what was happening in Sa……続きを見る

Germans in Tonga is the culmination of an eight-year research project in which the author and his team of researchers gathered biographical material on Germans in Tonga. There are four main sources:……続きを見る

Tasmania is an island state of Australia, renowned for its pristine natural environment, unique wildlife, and rich history. Below is an overview of this fascinating region: Geography Location: About……続きを見る

In June 1824, Owen Reardon and William Tiday were tried and convicted for the murder of John Street at Abbottsfield Farm in Glenorchy, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). The crime occurred in July 18……続きを見る

“A triumphant journey about losing yourself, finding yourself and coming home again. Hitch yourself to their ride: you’ll embark on a transformative journey of your own.” ー Allison Winn Scotch, New……続きを見る

Masters and servants explores the politics of colonial mastery and domestic servitude in the neighbouring British colonies of Singapore and Darwin. Through an exploration of master-servant relations……続きを見る

Imperial spaces takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire – the Irish and the Scots – and explores how they imagined themselves within the landscapes ……続きを見る

This book examines the formation of colonial social identities inside the institutions for the insane in Australia and New Zealand. Taking a large sample of patient records, it pays particular atten……続きを見る

History, heritage, and colonialism explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial societ……続きを見る