(Izdošanas datums: 01-Aug-2023, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496236715)
Throughout the nineteenth century British and American imperialists advanced into the Pacific, with catastrophic effects for Polynesian peoples and cultures. In both Tahiti and Hawai‘i, women rulers attempted to mitigate the effects of these en...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Sep-2022, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816550968)
The Marquesas Islands of the South Pacific have been inhabited by Polynesian peoples since around A.D. 300 but were not visited by Europeans until 1595. Ferdon has drawn on the records of these early visitors to paint a broad picture of Marquesan soc...Lasīt vairāk
Winner of the 2017 Eugene Dabit PrizeWinner of the 2019 French Voices Grand PrizeFrom award-winning Tahitian author Titaua Peu comes Pina, a devastating novel about a family torn apart by secrets and the legacy of colonialism, held together by nine-y...Lasīt vairāk
A novel that finally gives a voice to Tehaaman, Tahitian muse and child-bride to painter Paul Gauguin told through the myths and legends of the islands....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Aug-2020, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000325409)
In the 1830s, missionaries in French Polynesia sought to suppress the traditional art of tattooing, because they believed it to be a barbaric practice. More than 150 years later, tattooing is once again thriving in French Polynesia. This engrossing b...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-Aug-2020, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000323634)
In the 1830s, missionaries in French Polynesia sought to suppress the traditional art of tattooing, because they believed it to be a barbaric practice. More than 150 years later, tattooing is once again thriving in French Polynesia. This engrossing b...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Jan-2020, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300249279)
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British empire and its intrusion int...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Jan-2020, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300249279)
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British empire and its intrusion int...Lasīt vairāk
Emily C. Donaldson, K. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Sivaramakrishnan
Sērija : Working with the Ancestors
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Jul-2019, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Washington Press, ISBN-13: 9780295745848)
Throughout the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, forest spirits share space with ancestral ruins and active agricultural plots, affecting land use and heritage preservation. As Marquesans continue their efforts to establish UNESCO World Heritage...Lasīt vairāk
Emily C. Donaldson, K. Sivaramakrishnan, K. Sivaramakrishnan
Sērija : Working with the Ancestors
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Jul-2019, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Washington Press, ISBN-13: 9780295745848)
Throughout the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, forest spirits share space with ancestral ruins and active agricultural plots, affecting land use and heritage preservation. As Marquesans continue their efforts to establish UNESCO World Heritage...Lasīt vairāk
In 1843 on the island of Tahiti the evangelical missionary Rev. Alexander Simpson was accused of sexually assaulting three of the female students under his care, and of taking improper liberties with at least three more. The events did not come o...Lasīt vairāk
In 1843 on the island of Tahiti the evangelical missionary Rev. Alexander Simpson was accused of sexually assaulting three of the female students under his care, and of taking improper liberties with at least three more. The events did not come o...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Jul-2017, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Inc, ISBN-13: 9781351487146)
The Polynesian island of Tahiti is in the imagination an island paradise, an idyllic world inhabited by noble savages, carefree and uncomplicated. Tahiti separates myth from reality. Finney describes and analyzes the forces of change that have confro...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Jul-2017, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Inc, ISBN-13: 9781351487153)
The Polynesian island of Tahiti is in the imagination an island paradise, an idyllic world inhabited by noble savages, carefree and uncomplicated. Tahiti separates myth from reality. Finney describes and analyzes the forces of change that have confro...Lasīt vairāk
#1 best-selling guide to Tahiti & French Polynesia* Lonely Planet Tahiti & French Polynesia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Swim in the sparklingly clear waters,...Lasīt vairāk
With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world. Its baggy, boneless body sprouts eight arms covered with thousands of suckerssuckers t...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 2008. The people and life of Tahiti had sunk deeply into the heart of Calderon; but when he returned home, he deliberately postponed the book he intended to write, in order that he might recall the memory in due perspective. He lef...Lasīt vairāk
First published in 2008. The people and life of Tahiti had sunk deeply into the heart of Calderon; but when he returned home, he deliberately postponed the book he intended to write, in order that he might recall the memory in due perspective. He lef...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Apr-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Open Road Media, ISBN-13: 9781497610156)
The “shrewd, witty and self-deprecating forensic anthropologist” travels to Tahiti to sniff out crime at a coffee plantation (Publishers Weekly). The dead man is the manager of Tahiti’s Paradise Coffee Plantation, producer of the mo...Lasīt vairāk
Much loved author Belinda Jones has written another delightful and deliciously funny rom-com, guaranteed to brighten your day. Perfect for fans of Jo Thomas, Lindsey Kelk, Sophie Kinsella and Paige Toon.You wont want to put this feel-good read down...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Jul-2011, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: University of Washington Press, ISBN-13: 9780295800950)
Winner of the 2013 ICAS Book Prize (Social Sciences)The Tahiti that most people imagine - white-sand beaches, turquoise lagoons, and beautiful women - is a product of 18th century European romanticism and persists today as the bedrock of Tahitis tour...Lasīt vairāk
Between 1880 and 1914, tens of thousands of men and women left France for distant religious missions, driven by the desire to spread the word of Jesus Christ, combat Satan, and convert the worlds pagans to Catholicism. But they were not the only one...Lasīt vairāk
Between 1880 and 1914, tens of thousands of men and women left France for distant religious missions, driven by the desire to spread the word of Jesus Christ, combat Satan, and convert the worlds pagans to Catholicism. But they were not the only one...Lasīt vairāk
Europeans romanticist imaginings of people from the South Pacific have been around since the Enlightenment and have been significantly informed by the accounts of voyages to Tahiti by people such as Louis Bougainville. This book shows that the overt...Lasīt vairāk
