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White gold : the commercialisation of rice farming in the lower mekong basin
This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789811509988
- Collation
- XXVIII, 456 p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
- Call Number
- 633.18 CRA w
Cyborg Mind
Should people hardwire computers into their brains, enabling their minds to directly access cyberspace? What advantages and risks would this represent? Would this create a new humanity? These questions have been considered and discussed in science fiction for decades, but technology is beginning to make such developments seem remarkably plausible. This book examines what is currently taking pla…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781789200140
- Collation
- vii, 251 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 612. 80285 CAL c
Museums and sites of persuasion : politics, memory and human rights
March 31, 2017 marked the centenary of the transfer of the Danish colony—the Danish West Indies (today’s US Virgin Islands)—to the US. During the 100 years that had passed, the history had only occasionally been revisited in Danish public debate and history books—often shaped as a postcolonial nostalgic longing for what was perceived as a paradise lost. Even less often had the history o…
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- 9
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781138567818
- Collation
- xi, 232 p, ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 323.075 JOY m
Australian travellers in the South Seas
This book offers a wide-ranging survey of Australian engagement with the Pacific Islands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through over 100 hitherto largely unexplored accounts of travel, the author explores how representations of the Pacific Islands in letters, diaries, reminiscences, books, newspapers and magazines contributed to popular ideas of the Pacific Islands in Australia. It …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760464158
- Collation
- 396 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 820.935894 HAL a
Craft + design enquiry: issue 4, 2012 relational craft and design
craft + design enquiry is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal promoting and disseminating research excellence generated by and about the craft and design sector. craft + design enquiry investigates the contribution that contemporary craft and design makes to society, establishing a dialogue between craft and design practice and cultural, social and environmental concerns. It includes submissi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1837-445X
- Collation
- 150 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 745.099405 HAW c
Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions: connectivities and world-making
“… a diverse and stimulating group of essays that together represents a significant contribution to thinking about the nascent field of contemporary Asian art studies … Contemporary Asian Art and Exhibitions: Connectivities and World-making … brings together essays by significant academics, curators and artist working in Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom that reflect on contemporar…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022001
- Collation
- 278 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 709.5 ANT c
A Vision for Change: AD Patel and the Politics of Fiji
‘Dr Lal’s book is more than an eloquent account of the political struggle of one of Fiji’s outstanding leaders. It is a timely reminder that the process of constitutional change hangs in the balance, as it did at the time of Mr Patel’s death. I hope his example will inspire future generations in Fiji to realise the vision articulated by a brilliant and courageous advocate of democracy, …
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- 23
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921666599
- Collation
- 308
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 320.099611.LAL
Politics of preferential development : Trans-global study of affirmative acti…
The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups. It uses a trans-global approach, as opposed to the comparative approach, to examine the relationship between affirmative action, ethnic conflict and the role of the state in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa. While affirmative action has noble g…
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- 12
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925021035
- Collation
- 282
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.8.RAT
Political Life Writing in the Pacific : Reflections on Practice
This book aims to reflect on the experiential side of writing political lives in the Pacific region. The collection touches on aspects of the life writing art that are particularly pertinent to political figures: public perception and ideology; identifying important political successes and policy initiatives; grappling with issues like corruption and age-old political science questions about le…
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- 20
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022612
- Collation
- 180
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 324.2092.COR
Making Change Happen : Black and White Activists talk to Kevin Cook about Abo…
This book is a unique window into a dynamic time in the politics and history of Australia. The two decades from 1970 to the Bicentennial in 1988 saw the emergence of a new landscape in Australian Indigenous politics. There were struggles, triumphs and defeats around land rights, community control of organisations, national coalitions and the international movement for Indigenous rights. The cha…
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- 11
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921666742
- Collation
- 448
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 303.484.COO
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