Island rivers : fresh water and place in Oceania / edited by John R. Wagner and Jerry K. Jacka.
Island rivers : fresh water and place in Oceania / edited by John R. Wagner and Jerry K. Jacka.
Island rivers : fresh water and place in Oceania / edited by John R. Wagner and Jerry K. Jacka.
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Acton, ACT : ANU Press, 2018.
Acton, ACT : ANU Press, [2018]
Date
2018.
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English
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1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : colour illustrations, map.
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
ch.1. Introduction: River as Ethnographic Subject / John R. Wagner, Jerry K. Jacka, Edvard Hviding, Alexander Mawyer and Marama Muru-Lanning -- ch.2. The River, the Water and the Crocodile in Marovo Lagoon / Edvard Hviding -- ch.3. A Source of Power, Disquiet and Biblical Purport: The Jordan River...
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Publisher
Acton, ACT : ANU Press, 2018.
Acton, ACT : ANU Press, [2018]
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Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2018.
[2018]
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/(cc by-nc-nd)/4.0
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"Anthropologists have written a great deal about the coastal adaptations and seafaring traditions of Pacific Islanders, but have had much less to say about the significance of rivers for Pacific island culture, livelihood and identity. The authors of this collection seek to fill that gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep h...
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Island rivers : fresh water and place in Oceania / edited by John R. Wagner and Jerry K. Jacka.
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Fresh water and place in Oceania
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Asia-Pacific environment monographs ; 13
Includes bibliographical references.
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Mode of access: Available online.
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74VKa36dPk5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa36dPk5O
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ISBN
9781760462178 PDF
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306.0995
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991024405094302626
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