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The eight papers in this volume examine the spatial organization of a variety of Austronesian houses and relate the domestic design of these houses to the social and ritual practices of the specific groups who reside within them.

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The Austronesian-speaking population of the world are estimated to number more than 270 million people, living in a broad swathe around half the globe, from Madagascar to Easter Island and from Taiwan to New Zealand.

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This collection of papers, the third in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project, explores indigenous Austronesian ideas of origin, ancestry and alliance and considers the comparative significance of these ideas in s...

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This collection of papers is the fourth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Each paper describes a specific Austronesian locality and offers an ethnographic account of the way in which social knowledge is ve...

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Although the immense process of economic and social transformation currently underway in China and Vietnam is well known, less attention has been devoted to the process of Chinese and Vietnamese legal change.

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The notion that the rule of law embodies or guarantees all the essential requirements for a perfectly just society is extravagant and naïve. Nonetheless, the rule of law remains an essential human virtue whose usefulness the world has yet to outgr...

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China is shaping the global economy as never before. An insatiable demand for commodities, energy resources and capital, and deepening integration to the world economy has won China acclaim.

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This book brings together experts from around the world to consider specific issues pertaining to regional integration and governance within small states.

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This book makes a unique contribution to understanding the role of nongovernment organisations in promoting peace and development and gender issues in the South West Pacific.

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By rights, the island nation of Fiji should be thriving. It is easily the most developed country in the South Pacific; it is a hub for regional transportation and communication links, the home of international diplomatic, educational and aid organ...

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Power and Pork: a Japanese political life aims to tell the 'inside story' of a Japanese politician-Matsuoka Toshikatsu-one of the more controversial members of Japan's national Diet.

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The book discusses China's economic transformation with contributions made by leading analysts from China, the United States and Australia.

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The year of Heinz Wolfgang Arndt's birth, 1915, was not a good time for a German boy to be born. His country was soon to be defeated in a great war, his school years were shadowed by the rise of Hitler.

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Myanmar-the state, community and the environment examines the missed opportunities by government and opposition groups to find a way out of the political impasse and improve the standard of living of the people of Myanmar.

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In May 2006 Fiji held its tenth general election since independence in 1970. In a country with an unenviable history of electoral trauma, the mood was apprehensive if not tense - not least because of controversial public statements against the inc...

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China-Linking Markets for Growth gathers together leading scholars on China's economic success and its effect on the world economy into the next few decades.

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Japan's Future in East Asia and the Pacific takes a 'big-picture' approach to Japan's economic place in East Asia alongside that of China. It analyses Japan's successes and experiments in trade policy as well as its failures in macro-economic poli...

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Based on an extensive study of six Pacific island states, 'Capturing Wealth from Tuna' maps out the aspirations and limitations of six Pacific island countries and proposes strategies for capturing more wealth from this resource in a sustainable a...

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China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had profound consequences for the structure of its economy, and there will many more before the full benefits of an open trading regime will be realised.

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Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands examines a crisis moment in recent Solomon Islands history.

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China's Dilemma discusses key questions that will have an impact on China's growth path and offers some in-depth analyses as to how China could confront these challenges.

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A collection of essays that examine the historical background to developments in East Timor and provide political analysis on the initial reconstruction stage in the country's transition to independence.

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The Stolen Light Of WoMen: A Quest For Spiritual Truth Beyond Religion Discover the historical and spiritual truths behind the most controversial texts of the Bible. Discover the stories religion has swept under the rug as C.C. Campbell examines t...

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The Fiji Islands were first settled 3000 years ago during the migration of the Lapita people, and this volume is a comprehensive work on the early culture and environment of the archipelago.

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