Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men he fought alongside, and of his own journey from...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198978602)
Women, Indenture, and Resistance explores the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands between 1879 and 1920, during the height of British colonial rule. Set against the backdrop of sugar-cane plantations,...Loe edasi...
This book examines the experience of migration of strong-minded Australian women, who were influential cultural agents from the years directly following the end of World War I until 1941—a pivotal period in the history of cultural relations betwee...Loe edasi...
Ruth Balint, Ebony Nilsson, Phillip Deery, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Boris Frankel, Elena Govor, Ellen Gray, Justine Greenwood, Philip Mendes, Mara Moustafine...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197777688)
An engaging history of a three year voyage that set off to find the Northwest Passage but instead returned to Europe with extraordinary findings about species, Indigenous-produced knowledge of the Pacific world, and the people and nature of the Pacif...Loe edasi...
Discover the textures of everyday life in colonial Hawai°i--from missionary households and sugar plantations to hula schools and military bases--through the eyes of the people who lived it-- Provided by publisher. Discover the texture...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Sydney University Press, ISBN-13: 9781761540653)
Sinophone Australia opens a new window onto Australian history by foregrounding Chinese-language sources as a lens through which to reinterpret the nations past. Understanding Australian history through sources written in a different language offer...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Sydney University Press, ISBN-13: 9781761540592)
Sinophone Australia opens a new window onto Australian history by foregrounding Chinese-language sources as a lens through which to reinterpret the nations past. Under-standing Australian history through sources written in a different language offe...Loe edasi...
Moshe Rapaport, Gilianne Brodie, Dennis A. Ahlburg, Dakota Alcantara-Camacho, Tammy Hailipua Baker, Glenn Banks, John Barker, Simon Batterbury, Aletta Biersack, Hans Juergen Boehmer...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9780824899592)
The exploration and settlement of the Pacific Island world is one of the most remarkable achievements of humanity. Early seafarers, skilled in navigation, discovered diverse habitats and biotas extending across a third of the globe. In this sea of...Loe edasi...
Honorable Mention for the John Lyman Book Award in the category of U.S. Naval History. Mastering the Art of Command is a detailed examination of Admiral Chester W. Nimitzs leadership during World War II. It describes how he used his talents to guide...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9780241670125)
A brilliant memoir from the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts Christopher de Hamel is one of the worlds best-known scholars and writers on illuminated manuscripts. He was mostly brought up in the south of New Zeal...Loe edasi...
Sari: Greenwood Cultural Center Series in African Diaspora History and Culture
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN-13: 9780806196572)
In December of 1971 the Black Panther Party expanded to Australia. This might seem an odd place for a quintessentially African American political force, but as Jacynda Ammons reveals in this expansive work, Aboriginal Australians had long looked to t...Loe edasi...
The Anzac legend has shaped Australias national identity for more than a century. Yet many experiences of war do not fit comfortably within this....Loe edasi...
A stellar lineup of historians, social scientists, politicians and journalists sheds valuable new light on the policies, politics and personalities of the Hawke Government....Loe edasi...
This is the unknown story of the combat engineers who kept World War I running. Although it has been repeatedly denied by the army, they were the first Australians and New Zealanders to land at Anzac Cove: in any combat, even today, sappers are alwa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9780824891930)
Upon sighting the USS Charleston on January 29, 1891, hundreds of citizens of the Kingdom of Hawai i rushed to Honolulu Harbor to celebrate the return of King David Kalakaua. Just two months earlier, their beloved mo i had left the islands...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9780824891923)
Upon sighting the USS Charleston on January 29, 1891, hundreds of citizens of the Kingdom of Hawai i rushed to Honolulu Harbor to celebrate the return of King David Kalakaua. Just two months earlier, their beloved mo i had left the islands...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9798880701421)
Voices Beyond the Grave uncovers critically understudied histories of Japanese internment and labor diasporas in the French Pacific. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, French colonial authorities, following Charles de Gaulle’s order...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9798880704361)
( Copublished with the British Museum Press for the United States and Canada) Published to accompany a major exhibition in 2026, Hawaii: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans is itself a significant resource, shining light on the extraordinary collect...Loe edasi...
