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Anthropology in Oceania. Essays Presented to Ian Hogbin.

HIATT, L.R. & JAYAWARDENA, C.J. ed. · 1971

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Angus & Robertson, 1971. Hardcover. Ex-library. Frontis. Includes papers on Secret Pseudo-Procreation Rites Among the Australian Aborigines, The Disintegration of Caste in Fiji Indian Rural Society, Rivalry, Competition and Conflict Among Christian Melanesians etc. 290pp.

History and Value. The Clarendon Lectures and the Northcliffe Lectures 1987.

KERMODE, Frank. · 1988

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Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. 150pp.

Britain and the Conquest of Africa. The Age of Salisbury.

UZOIGWE, G.N. · 1974

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University of Michigan Press, 1974. Hardcover. Ex-library, no dj. Bottom of spine a little bumped. Contents good. Traces how from 1878 less than 10% of African territories were under European rule, until 1900 when the whole of Africa had been conquered by the imperialist power...

The Emergence of Black Politics in Senegal. The Struggle for Power in the Four Communes, 1900 - 1920.

JOHNSON, G. Wesley, Jr. · 1971

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Stanford University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Ex-library, no dj. Bump to bottom of rear board. Contents good. B/W plates. 260pp.

Whitehall and the Labour Problem in Late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. A Study in Official Statistics and Social Control.

DAVIDSON, Roger. · 1985

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Croom Helm, 1985. Hardcover. Ex-lib. No dj. Bottom corners bumped, contents good. 293pp.

The Imperial Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1870.

WILSON, Henry S. · 1977

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University of Minnesota Press with Oxford University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Ex-lib, no dj. A little pencilling. Examines the relationships that developed between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa during the period of formal colonial rule, including the prelude to the partition of...

Comparative Political Systems. Studies in the Politics of Pre-industrial Societies.

COHEN, Ronald & MIDDLETON, John ed. · 1967

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The Natural History Press, 1967. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Includes studies on Competitive Leadership in Trobriand Political Organization, The Traditional Poltical System of the Yoruba, Status Rivalry and Cultural Evolution in Polynesia etc. 512pp.

Theories of the Fable in the Eighteenth Century.

NOEL, Thomas. · 1975

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Columbia University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Some rubbing to front cover of dj, o/wise good condition. Traces "...the course of the fable phenomenon from the upsurge of interest in the latter half of the seventeenth century through the wide popular and critical attention accord...

Cowboys of the Americas.

SLATTA, Richard W. · 1990

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Yale University Press, 1990. Small 4to Paperback. B/W & col. photos & illus. A comprehensive and in-depth examination of the history & life of the cowboy. 306pp.

The Golden Crucible.

STUBBS, Jean. · 1976

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Macmillan, 1976. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. 287pp.

Syntax and Speech.

COOPER, William E. & PACCIA-COOPER, Jeanne. · 1980

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Harvard University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Part of the Cognitive Science series No. 3. Provides "...the first extensive examination of the relation between sentence structure and the organization of speech". 275pp.

France 1943 - 1945.

FOOTITT, Hilary & SIMMONDS, John. · 1988

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Leicester University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. Part of The Politics of Liberation series. B/W photos. Examines the transfer of power to the Provisional government behind the Allied advance. 319pp.

The Opening of the Mississippi. A Struggle for Supremacy in the American Interior.

OGG, Frederic Austin. · 1969

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Greenwood Press, 1969 (1904). Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good. B/W illus. Provides "...a history of the discovery, exploration, and contested rights of navigation of the Mississippi River prior to the final securing of American supremacy by the closing events of the War of ...

Conquest of Mind. Phrenology and Victorian Social Thought.

De GIUSTINO, David. · 1975

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Croom Helm, 1975. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Examines "...the reception and diffusion of phrenology in Britain, its usefulness to various professions, and its challenge to traditional religion...[as well as considering] the application of phrenology in two separate social ...

Oil in the People's Republic of China. Industry Structure, Production, Exports.

BARTKE, Wolfgang. · 1977

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C. Hurst & Co., 1977. Hardcover. No dj, a touch of sunning to spine, o/wise good. Examines China's oil industry, oil production by regions, the refineries, & leading cadres in the industry. 125pp.

The Soviet Polity in the Modern Era.

HOFFMANN, Erik P. & LAIRD, Robbin F. · 1984

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Aldine Publishing Co., 1984. Hardcover. Ex-library, o/wise good condition. Examines the domestic politics of the USSR covering a broad range of the Soviet polity, from the history to leadership & administration, to the economy & society, to themes of continuity & change within...

Rymyng Craftily. Meaning in Chaucer's Poetry.

CHAUCER. KNIGHT, Stephen. · 1973

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Angus & Robertson, 1973. Hardcover. A touch of foxing to edges, o/wise good in dj. Presentation copy. 247pp. ISBN 0207127727.

The Great Stage Stars. Distinguished Theatrical Careers of the Past and Present.

MORLEY, Sheridan. · 1986

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Angus & Robertson, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. A touch of foxing to top edges, o/wise condition vg in dj. B/W photos. Provides over 200 biographies of great performers in the theatre, including Peggy Ashcroft, Fred Astaire, Jean-Louis Barrault, Sarah Bernhardt, John Wilkes Boo...

The Health of Australian Aborigines: An Annotated Bibliography.

MOODIE, P.M. & PEDERSON, E.B. · 1971

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Australian Government Publishing Service, 1971. Hardcover. A few light marks to dj & covers, o/wise good. Provides around 2000 references covering the period from the first European settlement at Botany Bay in 1788 up to 1968. 248pp.

The Work of the Gods in Tikopia.

FIRTH, Raymond. · 1967

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Melbourne University Press, with The Athlone Press, 1967. Second edition with new Intro and Epilogue. Hardcover. A touch of sunning to spine of dj, o/wise good condition. Frontis. B/W plates. Part of the London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology Nos 1 & 2. P...