Product Description: In the past, as in the present, transnationalism has played a vital role in the development of wealth, technology and art in all societies touched by cultures other than their own. This timely book provides an introduction to the social and cultural aspects of transnationalism, particularly focusing on the modern world since 1500, with an emphasis on the past 200 years...read more

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Product Description: Contemporary Cultural Anthropology, 5/e examines the changes in anthropology and the world at large, providing discussions of new theories and advances in communication and technology. Because the text examines cultures from an ecological perspective, ethnographic examples illustrate how humans try to overcome the problems they face in adapting to their ever-changing surroundings...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: As rapidly developing Asian countries join the global economy, they are being forced to confront the environmental degradation that accompanies such accelerated growth. In this volume, a group of contributors explores the intersection of politics, economics, society and the environment in Asia...read more

Product Description: This book provides a general study of the political, economic and social ramifications of mining in the South Pacific. Using case studies (gold and copper mining in the former British and Australian colonies of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, nickel and chromite in the French colony of New Caledonia and phosphate on the islands of Nauru, Banaba, Makatea and Angaur) Howard focuses on the mining sector as it relates to issues surrounding local elites, foreign capital, labour relations, indigenous land rights and the state...read more

Product Description: In 1987 Fiji, which had often been regarded as a model for racial co-existence, surprised the rest of the world by staging not one but two coups. Most interpreters of the Fijian political scene saw the events as a result of tension between native Fijians and members of other ethnic groups...read more