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Anderson, Atholl and Tim Murray (eds). 2000. Australian Archaeologist: Collected Papers in Honour of Jim Allen. Canberra: Coombs Academic Publishing, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. 454 pages.

Contents (Pacific): Anderson, Atholl and Tim Murray, 'Introduction', pp. 8-20; Jones, Rhys, Stuart MacIntyre, Mary-Jane Mountain and John Mulvaney, 'Recollections of Jim Allen's early career', pp. 21-30; Ambrose, Wal, Jack Golson and Doug Yen, 'Jim Allen and the Lapita Homeland Project', pp. 31-39; Jones, Rhys and Betty Meehan, 'A crucible of Australian prehistory: The 1965 Hobart ANZAAS Conference', pp. 40-61; Golson, Jack, 'A stone bowl fragment from the Early Middle Holocene of the upper Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea', pp. 231-248; Ambrose, W.R. and H.P. McEldowney, 'An age assessment for Lapita from obsidian at the Mouk Island site, Manus', pp. 268-278; Summerhayes, Glenn, 'What's in a pot?' pp. 291-307; Thomson, Jo-Anne R and J Peter White, 'Localism of Lapita pottery in the Bismarck Archipelago', pp. 308-323; Swadling, Pamela, 'Changing marine interests and their implications for the settlement history of Santa Ana, an island in the Southeast Solomon Islands', pp. 365-371; Anderson, Atholl and Gerard O'Regan, 'To the final shore: Prehistoric colonisation of the Subantarctic Islands in South Polynesia', pp. 440-454.

Grove, Richard H. and John Chappell (eds). 2000. El Niño: History and Crisis. Cambridge and Isle of Harris: The White Horse Press. 250 pages.

From the table of contents: […] 6. What the instrumental and recent historical record tells us about the El Niño - Southern Oscillation - Neville Nicholls; 7. Tele-connections of the El Niño phenomenon: public health and epidemiological prospects - Rosalie Woodruff and Charles Guest; 8. The 1997-98 Papua New Guinea drought: perceptions of disaster - Bryant Allen; 9. The other side of the island: ENSO-related drought and famine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 1997-1998 - Chris Ballard; 10. Impact of the 1997 drought and frosts in Papua New Guinea - R. Michael Bourke […].

Hiery, Hermann Joseph (ed.). 2000. Die deutsche Südsee 1884-1914: Ein Handbuch. Paderborn, Germany: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh. 930 pages.

Contents: Hermann Joseph Hiery: Zur Einführung: Die Deutschen und die Südsee; I. DIE SüDSEE UND DEUTSCHLAND; 1. Horst Gründer: Die historischen und politischen Voraussetzungen des deutschen Kolonialismus; 2. Hanns Buchholz: Die naturräumliche Struktur der ehemaligen deutschen Südseekolonien; 3. Garlef Müller-Langenbeck: Die Tierwelt der ehemaligen deutschen Südsee; 4. Gerd Koch: Die Menschen der Südsee; 5. Markus Schindlbeck: Deutsche wissenschaftliche Expeditionen und Forschungen in der Südsee bis 1914; 6. Arnold Kludas Deutsche Passagierverbindungen in die Südsee vor 1914; 7. Reinhard Klein-Arendt: Nachrichtenübermittlung in den deutschen Südseekolonien; 8. Hermann Joseph Hiery: Schule und Ausbildung in der deutschen Südsee; 9. Peter Mühlhäusler: Die deutsche Sprache im Pazifik; II. MELANESIEN; 1. Borut Telban: Zeit: Die melanesische Perspektive; 2. Hermann Joseph Hiery: Die deutsche Verwaltung Neuguineas 1884-1914; 3. Simon Haberberger: Kannibalismus in Deutsch-Neuguinea; 4. Peter Sack: Das deutsche Rechtswesen in Melanesien; 5. Paul Steffen: Die katholischen Missionen in Deutsch-Neuguinea; 6. Rufus Pech: Deutsche evangelische Missionen in Deutsch-Neuguinea 1866-1921; 7. Margrit Davies: Das Gesundheitswesen im Kaiser-Wilhelmsland und im Bismarckarchipel; 8. Dieter Klein: Neuguinea als deutsches Utopia: August Engelhardt und sein Sonnenorden; 9. Marion Melk-Koch: Die nördlichen Salomonen; III. MIKRONESIEN; 1. Lothar Käser und Petra Steimle: Grundzüge des Weltbildes in Gesellschaften Mikronesiens; 2. Gerd Hardach: Die deutsche Herrschaft in Mikronesien; 3. Peter Sack: Das deutsche Rechtswesen in Mikronesien; 4. Francis Hezel: Deutsche katholische Missionen in Mikronesien; 5. Arthur Knoll: Die amerikanische protestantische Mission im deutschen Mikronesien; 6. Peter Hempenstall: Mikronesier und Deutsche; IV. POLYNESIEN; 1. Thomas Bargatzky: Die Weltanschauung der Polynesier unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Samoas; 2. Horst Gründer: Die Etablierung des Christentums auf Samoa; 3. Hermann Joseph Hiery: Die deutsche Verwaltung Samoas 1900-1914; 4. Peter Sack: Das deutsche Rechtswesen in Polynesien; 5. Peter Hempenstall: Samoaner und Deutsche; 6. Johannes Voigt: Tonga und die Deutschen; 7. Niklaus Schweizer: Hawai'i und die Deutschen; V. DEUTSCHLAND UND SEINE NACHBARN IM PAZIFIK; 1. Roger Thompson: Australische und neuseeländische Reaktionen auf die deutsche Kolonialisierung des Pazifik; 2. Dirk Anthony Ballendorf: Die Deutschen und die Amerikaner in den Marianen 1899 bis 1904; 3. Robert Aldrich: Frankreich und Deutschland im Südpazifik; 4. Wim van den Doel: Nachbarn an der Peripherie. Die Beziehungen zwischen Niederländisch-Ostindien und den deutschen Südseekolonien; VI. DAS ENDE DER DEUTSCHEN SüDSEE; Hermann Joseph Hiery: Der Erste Weltkrieg und das Ende des deutschen Einflusses in der Südsee.

Jaarsma, Sjoerd R. and Marta A. Rohatynskyj (eds). 2000. Ethnographic Artifacts: Challenges to a Reflexive Anthropology. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.

"This book examines anthropological practices and products, confronting issues of representation and the power of discourse in the lives and practices of both those doing research and those being researched. Can the anthropologist represent the lives of others at all, and what are the conditions under which this can occur? These questions require a serious look at the nature of ethnography itself."

Contents: 1. Introduction: Ethnographic Artifacts - by M.J. Rohatynskyj and S.R. Jaarsma; 2. The Politics of Representation on a Polynesian Atoll - by N. Besnier; 3. On Not Knowing One's Place - by M. Goldsmith; 4. A Question of Audience: The Effects of What We Write - G. McCall; 5. The Politics of Ethnography in New Zealand - by T. van Meijl; 6. The Tikopia and "What Raymond Said" - J. Macdonald; 7. Will the True Ethnographer Step Forward: The Asmat Case - S.R. Jaarsma; 8. Writing about Culture and Talking about God: Christian Ethnography in Melanesia - by M.N. MacDonald; 9. The Enigmatic Baining: The Breaking of an Ethnographer's Heart - M.A. Rohatynskyj; 9. Epilogue: Ethnography as a Social System: Parts, Wholes and Holes - J. Friedman.

Robbins, Joel, Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern (eds). 2001. Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in Oceania. Journal of Ritual Studies, 15(2), special issue. 104 pages.

Contents: Foreword: Charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity in Oceania, Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern; Introduction: Global Religions, Pacific Island Transformations, Joel Robbins; Signs of Conversion, Spirit of Commitment, The Pentecostal Church in the Kingdom of Tonga, Ernest Olson; Evangelical Religion among Pacific Island Migrants: New Faith or Brief Diversions? Cluny Macpherson and La'avasa Macpherson; Participation as Resistance: The Role of Pentecostal Christianity in Maintaining Identity for Marshallese Migrants Living in the Midwestern United States, Linda Allen; Sectarianism and the Miniafia People of Papua New Guinea, David C. Wakefield; Israel, America and the Ancestors: Narratives of Spiritual Warfare in a Pentecostal Denomination in Solomon Islands, Jolene Marie Stritecky; Whatever Became of Revival? From Charismatic Movement to Charismatic Church in a Papua New Guinea Society, Joel Robbins; The Great Exchange: Moka with God, Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern; After word, John Barker.

Rumsey, Alan and James F. Weiner (eds). 2000. Emplaced Myth: Space, Narrative, and Knowledge in Aboriginal Australia and Papua New Guinea. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN: 0-8248-2389-3 (paper). 328 pages.

"The essays demonstrate the manner in which regimes of restricted knowledge serve to protect and augment cultural property and the proprietorship over sites and territory; how myths evolve to explain and culturally appropriate important events pertaining to contact between indigenous and Western societies; how graphic designs and other culturally important iconic and iconographic processes provide conduits of cross-cultural appropriation between indigenous and non-indigenous societies in today's multicultural nation states."

Contributors: Lissant Bolton, Andrew Lattas, Anthony Redmond, Alan Rumsey, Deborah Bird Rose, Eric Kline Silverman, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern, Roy Wagner, Jürg Wassmann, James F. Weiner.

Siegel Jeff (ed.). 2000. Processes of Language Contact: Case Studies from Australia and the South Pacific. Montreal: Fides.

Contents: Introduction: The Processes of Language Contact - Jeff Siegel; The Role of Australian Aboriginal Languages in the Formation of Australian Pidgin Grammar: Transitive Verbs and Adjectives - Harold Koch; "Predicate Marking" in Bislama - Terry Crowley; Predicting Substrate Influence: Tense-Modality-Aspect Marking in Tayo - Jeff Siegel, Barbara Sandeman and Chris Corne; My Nephew is My Aunt: Features and Transformation of Kinship Terminology in Solomon Islands Pijin - Christine Jourdan; Aboriginal English: From Contact Variety to Social Dialect - Ian G. Malcolm; Pidgin Genesis and Optimality Theory - Joan Bresnan; Simplicity, Complexity, Emblematicity and Grammatical Change - Terry Crowley; Camels as Pidgin-carriers: Afghan Cameleers as a Vector for the Spread of Features of Australian Aboriginal Pidgins and Creoles - Jane Simpson; Kriol on the Move: A Case of Language Spread and Shift in Northern Australia - Jennifer M. Munro; Tok Pisin and English: The Current Relationship - Geoff P. Smith; Na pa kekan na person: The Evolution of Tayo Negatives - Chris Corne.

Amery, Rob. 2000. Warrabarna Kaurna! Reclaiming an Australian Language. Lisse, Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger Publishers.

"Kaurna language revival began with the writing of six songs in 1990. Since then, the language has developed considerably; programs have been established for a range of learners; the range of language functions continues to expand; and the language is beginning to take root within Nunga households. Will it take the 'great leap forward' and emerge as an everyday language? This study is breaking new ground and challenges widely held beliefs as to what is possible in language revival and questions notions about the very nature of language and its development. Very little knowledge of Kaurna remained, yet the language is becoming a marker of identity and a means by which Kaurna people can further the struggle for recognition, reconciliation and liberation."

Beckett, Jeremy (ed.). 2000. Wherever I Go: Myles Lalor's 'Oral History'. Carlton South, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. 256 pages.

"In Wherever I Go, Myles Lalor gives a sometimes angry but more often funny account of what it was like in his day to be an Aboriginal man in outback Australia. He grew up with colour prejudice among his own relatives, was put in a boys' home and ran away, did various kinds of bush work, extended his travels further and further from home as a stockman, truck driver and general rouseabout, settled down in Wilcannia and later did community work in Sydney. Myles was born in central New South Wales in 1928. He was never initiated as a member of a tribe, and spoke no Aboriginal language; Aboriginality in the traditional sense is not what Myles is about. Nevertheless, as he says, 'I'm classified as black wherever I go'. In 1987, in collaboration with anthropologist Jeremy Beckett, he recorded on tape these recollections of his extraordinary life. Myles Lalor died in 1988."

Camfoo, Tex , Nelly Camfoo and Gillian Cowlishaw (ed.). 2000. Love against the Law: The Autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 120 pages.

"During his life, Tex Camfoo has been classified as Aboriginal, half-caste and European. As a half-caste he could not legally associate with or marry an Aboriginal woman. As an Aboriginal, he was not allowed to visit the pub with his European work mates. Nelly Camfoo was always considered Aboriginal. From childhood she has taken part in ceremonial life. She finds white people both frustrating and foolish - 'they can't understand because they can't listen'. The stories of Tex and Nelly Camfoo intermingle to highlight the ambiguous social position of Aboriginals living in the Northern Territory during this century. They provide insight into race relations, the contradictory attitudes of missionaries and police, they reflect morality and religion as well as recent political developments."

Kleinert, Sylvia and Margo Neale (eds). 2001. The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. 644 pages.

"This publication will provide a wide-ranging and intellectually challenging reference to indigenous Australian art, covering documented archaeologically traditions, art styles of the early contact period and the nineteenth century, and the development of the remarkably diverse contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art practices that have attracted so much attention in recent years. The Companion will draw upon much original research on art and culture in remote Aboriginal communities, and on the emergence of Aboriginal art in urban institutions, markets, and exhibitions. The Companion's primary emphasis is upon visual art, though survey entries on indigenous literature, theatre, and music among other areas provide a wider context."

Lennon, Jessie and Michele Madigan (ed.). 2000. I'm the One that Knows this Country: The Story of Jessie Lennon and Coober Pedy. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 160 pages.

"Matutjara woman Jessie Lennon takes readers on a journey through her life in the desert regions of South Australia - from travelling for traditional ceremonies as a child, to joining other senior people in the ongoing fight for compensation over British nuclear tests at Maralinga and Emu. Told with warmth, humour and determination, her stories give an Anangu (Aboriginal) perspective not only of daily survival in Australia's driest country, but of significant events in settler history. She tells of early contact with white people such as Daisy Bates, of life in missions and bush towns like Kingoonya and Coober Pedy, of the impact of the Transcontinental railway and the burgeoning pastoral and opal mining industries, and of nuclear fallout that came without warning. The stories are juxtaposed with valuable historical photographs and background information relating to the times, places and people of her life."

Read, Peter. 2000. Belonging Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership. Oakleigh, Victoria: Cambridge University Press.

"This book explores the feelings of non-Aboriginal Australians as they articulate their sense of belonging to the land. Peter Read asks the pivotal questions: What is the meaning of places important to non-Aboriginal Australians from which the Indigenous people have already been dispossessed? How are contemporary Australians thinking through the problem of knowing that their places of attachment are also the places which Aboriginals loved and lost? And are the sites of all our deep affections to be contested, articulated, shared, forgone or possessed absolutely?"

Read, Peter (ed.). 2000. Settlement: A History of Australian Indigenous Housing. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 284 pages.

"This book traces the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing from the multiplicity of shelters used in pre-invasion times to the extraordinary cottages built by Victorian missionaries, through to the dreaded children's dormitory to the compound and its horrors of disease and overcrowding. Modern themes are also explored - gendered housing, family-friendly prisons, self-built houses, government programs, and advanced designs for health and durability."

Rowse, Tim. 2000. Obliged to Be Difficult: Nugget Coombs´ Legacy in Indigenous Affairs. Oakleigh, Victoria: Cambridge University Press.

"Since the 1967 constitutional referendum, Australian governments have moved towards policies of indigenous self-determination. Obliged to Be Difficult presents the central issue of self-determination as seen by Dr H. C. Coombs, the most influential policy-maker after the referendum: through what political mechanisms will indigenous Australians find their own voice? Rowse´s narrative of his work, drawing on many unpublished sources, illuminates the interplay of government policy with indigenous practice. This book is both an account of government policies and a biographical slice of an outstanding Australian."

Wreck Bay Community and Cath Renwick. 2000. Geebungs and Snake Whistles: Koori People and Plants of Wreck Bay. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. 57 pages.

"For the Koori People of Wreck Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales, plants are a source of food, games, medicine and material. They are also a rich source of knowledge, culture and tradition. This book is a guide to the plants of this area. It is written by the people who know and use them and for whom those plants form an integral part of their everyday lives."

Bennett, Judith A. 2000. Pacific Forest: A History of Resource Control and Contest in Solomon Islands, c.1800-1997. Cambridge and Isle of Harris: The White Horse Press. 500 pages.

"This book explores the use of the forests of the Solomon Islands from the pre-historic period up to the end of 1997 when much of the indigenous commercial forest had been logged. It is the first study of the history of the forest in any Pacific Island; the first analysis of the indigenous and British colonial perceptions of the Melanesian forest; and the first critical analysis for this region, not only of colonial forest policies but of later policies and practices which made the governments of independence exploiters of their own people. The book addresses a range of evidence drawn from several disciplines, and is a major contribution to environmental history."

Dinnen, Sinclair. 2000. Law and Order in a Weak State: Crime and Politics in Papua New Guinea. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 272 pages.

"This book examines problems of order in light of Papua New Guinea's remarkable social diversity and the impact of rapid and pervasive processes of change. Three original and strategic case studies involving urban gangs, mining security, and election violence form the core of the work. Each case study looks at particular forms of conflict, and the responses these engender, across different socio-economic contexts and geographic locations. Empirical data are analysed through a common framework that employs material, cultural and institutional perspectives, allowing readers to view the three cases through different theoretical prisms, identify linkages between them, and, in the process, build a larger picture of the post-colonial social order."

Dwyer, Deborah et al. 2000. A Compensation Claims Procedure for Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press.

"This report proposes a uniform, national system for dealing with compensation claims in Papua New Guinea. The law relating to compensation is adequate. What is required is a way of making the laws work better in practice. Existing institutions need to be strengthened and their activities coordinated. Drawing on wide input from government, industry and the community in Papua New Guinea, a number of concrete proposals are established, including the creation of a Compensation Panel under the auspices of the courts and the creation of a Compensation Settlements Administration Board. The report concentrates on providing solutions which are fair and acceptable to all parties while recognising the unique needs and constraints of Papua New Guinea. Crucially, the solutions proposed are realistic and achievable."

Filer, Colin, David Henton and Richard Jackson. 2000. Landowner Compensation in Papua New Guinea's Mining and Petroleum Sectors. Port Moresby: Papua New Guinea Chambers of Mines and Petroleum.

Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. PNG government legislation on compensation; 3. The Valuer-General's Guidelines; 4. The role of government officials in the mining and petroleum sectors; 5. Compensation in the prospecting or exploration phase; 6. Compensation agreements between developers and landowners; 7. Relocation and community development agreements; 8. How developers organise delivery of compensation and landowner benefits; 9. How much developers have paid in compensation and landowner benefits; 10. Socio-economic impact of compensation payments and landowner benefits; 11. Provision of compensation and landowner benefits by government agencies; 12. Conclusions and recommendations.

Guiart, Jean. 2000. Découverte de l'Océanie, Volume 1: Connaissance des îles. Nouméa and Tahiti: Le Rocher-à-la-Voile and Editions Haere Po no Tahiti. Dossiers pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent, Nr 2. 277 pages.

"Il n'est ainsi pas inutile de présenter la façon dont la connaissance de l'Océanie a procédé par étapes, et montrer, dans un premier mouvement, comment les îles ont été l'une après l'autre inscrites sur la carte (tome1. Connaissance des îles), puis comment, dans une seconde étape, la science des hommes a si lentement procédé, cette science venant d'autres hommes et se heurtant à des résistances (tome 2. Connaissance des hommes)."

Contents: Introduction; L'Océanie en général; Les ancêtres de la découverte; Le Capitaine Cook et les problèmes du premier contact; La dernière génération des navigateurs; L'intervention des missionnaires; Les aventuriers; La difficile installation des puissances dans le Pacifique; Chronologie de la découverte de l'Océanie; Bibliographie.

Hviding, Edvard and Tim Bayliss-Smith. 2000. Islands of Rain-forest: Agro-forestry, Logging and Eco-tourism in Solomon Islands. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing. 404 pages.

Contents: Conceptualising the rainforest; Conceptualising Melanesian agro-forestry; Life on the lands of Marovo; Above the seashore: land use in Marovo; The wet and the dry: Marovo agro-forestry at European contact; The great transformations, 1880-1910; Colonialism, coconut overlay and the 'age of development'; Towards the twenty-first century: adapting the indigenous system; The forest as commodity: selling logs to Asia; After logging: reforestation - or what?; Small is beautiful?: steps towards sustainable forestry; Rumours of utopia: conservation and eco-tourism; Epilogue: rainforest narratives; Bibliography; Index.

Lal, Brij V. (ed.). 2000. Fiji before the Storm: Elections and the Politics of Development. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press.

"The 1990s was a time of great uncertainty for Fiji. A racially weighted Constitution, promulgated by decree in 1990, divided the country and invited international condemnation, and the economy suffered from the collapse of institutions of good governance. In 1995, an independent Constitution Review Commission appointed by the Fijian parliament, recommended wide-ranging changes to the Constitution. Its report formed the basis of a new Constitution promulgated, after wide-ranging consultation and debate, in 1997. Two years later, Fiji held a general election under it. This collection of essays looks at the politics and dynamics of that momentous event, and the role of key individuals and institutions in producing an outcome that, a year later, plunged Fiji into its first major crisis of the twenty-first century. The essays look at some of the key political and development issues on the eve of the crisis, but their relevance to the current debates about the nature and meaning of politics in Fiji remains."

LiPuma, Edward. 2000. Encompassing Others: The Magic of Modernity in Melanesia. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

"Focusing on the Maring people of Highland New Guinea and on the Westerners who interacted with them, Edward LiPuma presents issues from the perspectives of both sides. We hear the voice of the Anglican priest from San Francisco as well as the most powerful Maring shamans. Further, the book seeks to develop a theory of generations that helps explain how change accelerates and societies take on new directions across generations. Theoretical, descriptive, but almost entirely free of jargon, this book is intended for all those who are interested in how the West's encompassment of other peoples influences how these others conceive of their past, imagine their future, and experience the present. It will have wide appeal for anthropologists and others concerned with colonialism, globalization, and the formation of the nation-state."

Lynch, John. 2000. A grammar of Anejom~. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, Nr 507. 180 pages.

"Anejom~ is spoken on the island of Aneityum and is a member of the Southern Vanuatu subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages. It is unusual among Vanuatu languages in having VOS as its normal phrase order. Its phonology is somewhat different from the phonologies of other members of the subgroup, and it is also in the process of making a number of morphosyntactic changes. This grammar provides a thorough treatment of the phonology and morphology of the language, as well as a solid outline of its syntax, and includes three texts."

Messer, Ellen and Michael Lambek (eds). 2001. Ecology and the Sacred: Engaging the Anthropology of Roy Rappaport. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Contents: Introduction: Ellen Messer; Part I. Ecology and the Anthropology of Trouble: Susan Lees, Emilio Moran and Eduardo Brondizio, Alf Hornborg, Barbara Rose Johnston, Fran Markowitz; Part II. Ritual Structure and Religious Practice: Robert Levy, Peter Gluck, Melinda Bollar Wagner, James Peacock, Thomas Csordas, Michael Lambek; Part III. The Papua New Guinea Context: Following Skip's Ethnographic Footsteps: Andrew Strathern and Pamela Stewart, Gillian Gillison, Polly Wiessner and Akii Tumu, Edward LiPuma.

"This book commemorates and advances the anthropology of Roy (Skip) Rappaport, an original and visionary thinker whose writings like these essays, encompass ecological theory and method, ritual, the sacred, and the cybernetics of the holy. At a time when anthropology is fractured by those who view it as either science of humanities and whose methodologies stress either theoretical or applied anthropology, this volume testifies that a unified anthropology is both possible and necessary to an understanding of humanity and global transformations."

Meyerhoff, Miriam. 2000. Constraints on Null Subjects in Bislama (Vanuatu): Social and Linguistic factors. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, Nr 506. 206 pages.

"Using data from everyday conversations in Bislama, this book focuses on one variable, the alternation between overt pronominal and phonetically null subjects. It shows how an emergent system of subject-verb agreement in Bislama interacts with functional constraints on the interpretability of a subject; this interaction accounts for much of the alternation between the two forms of subject. The rich array of social functions that Bislama serves in the communities studied is examined in some detail, and yet it is shown that as Bislama becomes increasingly elaborate morphosyntactically, this kind of structural innovation takes place largely independently of social factors."

Stewart, Pamela J. and Andrew Strathern, with contributions by Ien Courtens and Dianne van Oosterhout. 2000. Humors and Substances: Ideas of the Body in New Guinea. Westport, Connecticut and London: Bergin and Garvey (Greenwood Publishing Group).

"This book considers in depth the emergent theme of concerns over bodily fluids in health and wellness through an examination of a rich set of ethnographic materials from the Pacific islands of New Guinea. The particular structure of the book draws together otherwise disparate observations made by ethnographers on ideas of the body. It helps to reveal how these are related to ideas of sickness and curing, of witchcraft, of cannibalism, of gender relations, and of ecology and ritual. It facilitates cross-cultural comparisons with other parts of the world, as well as making clear the fundamental similarities between the societies of Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea."

Strathern, Andrew and Pamela J. Stewart. 2000. Stories, Strength and Self-Narration: Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Barthurst, Australia: Crawford House Publishing.

"Focusing on the Mount Hagen locality in Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, this book examines the challenges of identity formation that Papua New Guineans have experienced through the processes of colonialism, transfer of power through independence, and postcolonial social reconstruction. It presents materials from the Kawelka people, who have a well-documented history and a strong heritage of using sophisticated rhetorical skills in political, ritual and secular occasions. The book is unique in that it allows the people in question to speak for themselves, and it contains a rich array of supplementary photographs, which pictorially document alterations in self-presentation that the Highlanders of PNG have expressed as their perceptions of their identities have shifted over the past forty years."

Tuzin, Donald. 2000. Social Complexity in the Making: A Case Study among the Arapesh of New Guinea. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-22898-0 (hardback) and 0-415-22899-9 (paperback).

"This book is a highly accessible ethnography which explains the history and evolution of Ilahita, an Arapesh-speaking village in the interior Sepik region of north-eastern New Guinea. This village, unlike others in the region, expanded at an uncharacteristically fast rate more than a century ago and has maintained its large size (more than 1500) and importance until the present day. The fascinating story of how Ilahita became this size and how organizational innovations evolved there to absorb internal pressures for disintegration, bears on a question debated ever since Plato raised it: what does it take for people to live together in harmony? Anthropologist David Tuzin, drawing on more than two years fieldwork in the village, studies the reasons behind this unusual population growth. He discovers the behaviour and policies of the Tambaran, the all-male society which was the back bone of Ilahitan society, and examines the effect of the outside influences such as World War II on the village."

Whimp, Kathy and Mark Busse (eds). 2000. Protection of Intellectual, Biological and Cultural Property in Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press.

"This book examines important questions which Papua New Guinea must ask in the development of intellectual property legislation. The chapters are written by specialists in the fields of medicine, law, the environment, music, genetics and traditional cultural knowledge. The wise and creative protection of intellectual, biological and cultural property is important if Papua New Guinea is to successfully define and realise its future. This book is for all those interested in finding the best policies for protecting these rights wherever they may live and work."

Whitehead, Harriet. 2000. Food Rules: Hunting, Sharing, and Tabooing Game in Papua New Guinea. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

"In the two tiny Seltaman villages, situated in a remote corner of Papua New Guinea's central mountains, food rules divide the social world into distinct categories - men of different initiation statuses, women, children, and the elderly of both sexes. Ostensibly dictated by the ancestors, these eating rules are marked both by a mysterious stability and by equally mysterious sudden variations. Over the course of repeated visits to the Seltaman, Harriet Whitehead was caught up by the need to understand the kinds of eating restrictions that appear in so many societies around the world. Working against the strictly symbolic interpretive approach that has dominated the discussion of 'food taboos' in the anthropological literature, Whitehead argues instead that food rules are the outcropping of diverse, dynamically interacting causes."

Poyer, Lin, Suzanne Falgout and Laurence Marshall Carucci. 2000. The Typhoon of War: Micronesian Experiences of the Pacific War. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 472 pages.

"This book combines archival research and oral history culled from more than three hundred Micronesian survivors to offer a comparative history of the war in Micronesia. It is the first book to develop Islander perspectives on a topic still dominated by military histories that all but ignore the effects of wartime operations on indigenous populations. The authors explore the significant cultural meanings of the war for Island peoples, for the events of the war are the foundation on which Micronesians have constructed their modern view of themselves, their societies, and the wider world. Their recollections of those tumultuous years contain a wealth of detail about wartime activities, local conditions, and social change, making this an invaluable reference for anyone interested in twentieth-century Micronesia."

Chambers, Keith and Anne Chambers. 2001. Unity of Heart: Culture and Change in a Polynesian Atoll Society. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press. ISBN 1-57766-166-4. 283 pages.

"Thousands of years ago, Polynesian voyagers discovered and settled Nanumea atoll, a tiny cluster of coral islets in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The community prospered, first evolving into a traditional culture finely tuned to the atoll's limited environment and then weathering new changes imposed by missionaries, colonial officials, and Westernisation itself. Now one of eight separate island communities comprising the modern Pacific nation of Tuvalu, Nanumea faces new challenges: rising sea levels, globalisation, and massive social and economic changes. Using personal stories that evoke the difficulties and excitement of fieldwork, Keith and Anne Chambers draw on more than twenty-five years of ethnographic research in Nanumea to craft an engaging account of Nanumean culture and social organization. Readers will come to appreciate how the community's intense sharing obligations, service-oriented chieftainship, and a flexible system of extensive kinship reckoning define a lifestyle that differs fundamentally from modern Western society."

Forbes, David W. (ed.). 2000. Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1780-1900: Volume 2: 1831-1850. Honolulu and Sydney: University of Hawai'i Press and Hordern House. 528 pages.

"The second volume of the Hawaiian National Bibliography records the transformation of Hawai'i from a feudal system of government to a constitutional monarchy whose autonomy was recognized by the United States and the great powers of Europe. Here are referenced the formation of laws, a constitution, a bill of rights, and government reports. Political entanglements with Great Britain and France, the Provisional Cession of Hawai'i to Great Britain, and the restoration of sovereignty in 1843 are documented. Publications resulting from the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Charles Wilkes are included. Also listed and described are theatre bills, broadsides, and other ephemera, which illuminate the everyday life of the period."

Huffer, Elise and Asofou So'o (eds). 2000. Governance in Samoa. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press.

"This book details how governance programs have affected some local institutions and practices in Samoa and provides practical ways for more efficiently tailoring future programs to the development needs of the country. Empirical case studies are provided on issues of nascent civil society, problems of urban management, non-government organisations working in the area of women's health, relationships between the national government and villages, and the subversion of custom and constitutional processes to personal political ambitions. The book contributes to an understanding of how to enhance the efficient accountable management of Samoa's economic, political, social and cultural resources for the benefit of all its citizens."

Hulsen, Madeleine. 2000. Language Loss and Language Processing: Three Generations of Dutch Migrants in New Zealand. PhD thesis, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen.

"This dissertation investigates the relationship between language shift, language loss and language processing. To study these processes, the language behaviour of a three-generation group of Dutch migrants in New Zealand was investigated. The purpose of the study is to gain more insight into the why and how of language loss, by combining a sociolinguistic and a psycholinguistic approach to language shift and loss."

Marck, Jeff.. 2000. Topics in Polynesian Language and Culture History. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, Nr 504. 281 pages.

"The present volume first re-examines Polynesian language sub-grouping from the point of view of shared sporadic sound changes. The main conclusion of those chapters is to support Bill Wilson's idea that East Polynesian languages might be most closely related to the languages of Tuvalu, northwest of Samoa, along with the "Ellicean" Outliers. Later chapters cover cosmogony and kin terms for the various Polynesian subgroups. The volume ends with a discussion of how language and ethnicity transformed over time in early Western Polynesia, both becoming more focused on particular island groups at about the time population pressures were first being felt in the larger island groups (Samoa and Tonga)."

Næas, Åshild. 2000. Pileni. München: Lincom Europe. 90 pages.

"The Polynesian Outlier language Pileni is spoken by approximately 2,000 people on a group of small coral islands in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Situated in a fairly isolated area of the Pacific, the islands have a long tradition of trade connections with the nearby Reefs and Santa Cruz islands, whose little-described languages do not appear to be Austronesian and so are totally unrelated to Pileni. This prolonged language contact has resulted in a number of features in Pileni which are highly unusual for a Polynesian language. Since this is the first systematic description of the Pileni language and based on a relatively limited material, it must be regarded as preliminary and open to correction. It will, however, provide a useful basis for further studies of the Pileni language."

Richards, Rhys. 2000. Honolulu: Centre of Trans-Pacific Trade: Shipping Arrivals and Departures, 1820-1840. Canberra: Hawaiian Historical Society and Pacific Manuscripts Bureau.

"Pacific maritime history in the contact and early post contact periods is about to be rewritten in a more accurate, quantitative form. This could well have profound implications for researchers in a wide range of disciplines. With the addition of information from unpublished lists for Port Otago, Tahiti and Tonga, and published lists for the Marquesas, Pitcairn and the Solomons, the prospect is now open for following the track of individual vessels, captains and men across the Pacific, island by island, in the contact and early post contact periods. A whole new field is opening up with, one hopes, other SAD lists to be published before too long."

Stewart, Richard. 2000. Leper Priest of Molokai: The Father Damien Story. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN: 0-8248-2322-2 (paper). 452 pages.

"This biography presents and analyses much new information about Damien and his years in Hawai'i. The correspondence between Damien, his colleagues in the Catholic church, his Protestant supporters, and agents of the Hawaiian Board of Health gives a fuller understanding of the extent of Damien's work at the settlement and the tensions underlying his relations with Church bureaucrats, who were both impressed by his energy and zeal and irritated by his wilfulness and independence."