Thomas, Nicholas,  1960- <br/><br/>
In Oceania :  visions, artifacts, histories / 
 In Oceania :  Visions, artefacts, histories 
Nicholas Thomas. 
 - xvi, 269 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index. 
<br/><br/> List of Figures --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction: Tupaia's Map --  Visions of History and Anthropology --  Partial Texts: Representation, Colonialism, and Agency in Pacific History --  Alejandro Mayta in Fiji: Narratives about Millenarianism, Colonialism, Postcolonial Politics, and Custom --  Colonial Images and Narratives --  Liberty and Licence: New Zealand Societies in Cook Voyage Anthropology --  Objects of Knowledge: Oceanic Artifacts in European Engravings --  Melanesians and Polynesians: Ethnic Typifications inside and outside Anthropology --  Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: Colonial and Postcolonial History in Popular Fiction --  Beyond the Invention of Tradition --  Tin and Thatch --  The Inversion of Tradition --  Contrasts: Marriage and Identity in Western Fiji --  Epilogue: From Contrast to Relation --  The Bula Tale Movement --  Notes --  References --  Index.  Pt. I.  1.  2.  Pt. II.  3.  4.  5.  6.  Pt. III.  7.  8.  9.  App. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0822320029 9780822320029 0822319985 9780822319986 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96054634 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnology--Oceania<br/>Material culture--Oceania
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Oceania--History<br/>Oceania--Social life and customs<br/>Oceania--Antiquities
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN662  / .T6 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0995