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050		4	_aGN386 .I853 2018
082	0		_a303.4832099
100	1		_aWagner, John R.
245	1	0	_aIsland Rivers : _bFresh Water and Place in Oceania.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCanberra : _bANU Press, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a1 online resource (264 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aAsia-Pacific Environment Monographs
505	0		_aIntro -- Tables -- Figures -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: River as Ethnographic Subject -- 2. The River, the Water and the Crocodile in Marovo Lagoon -- 3. A Source of Power, Disquiet and Biblical Purport: The Jordan River in Santo, Vanuatu -- 4. Unflowing Pasts, Lost Springs and Watery Mysteries in Eastern Polynesia -- 5. Riverine Disposal of Mining Wastes in Porgera: Capitalist Resource Development and Metabolic Rifts in Papua New Guinea -- 6. 'At Every Bend a Chief, At Every Bend a Chief, Waikato of One Hundred Chiefs': Mapping the Socio-Political Life of the Waikato River -- 7. Waters of Destruction: Mythical Creatures, Boiling Pots and Tourist Encounters at Wailuku River in Hilo, Hawai'i -- 8. The Sepik River, Papua New Guinea: Nourishing Tradition and Modern Catastrophe -- 9. Rivers of Memory and Forgetting.
520			_aThe authors of this collection seek to fill a gap in the ethnographic record by drawing attention to the deep historical attachments of Pacific island communities to rivers, and the ways in which those attachments are changing in response to various forms of economic development and social change.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aMaritime anthropology-Oceania.
650		0	_aRivers-Oceania-Ethnology.
650		0	_aRivers-Oceania.
650		0	_aRivers-Folklore.
650		0	_aWater-Religious aspects.
650		0	_aCrocodiles-Folklore.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aJacka, Jerry K.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aWagner, John R. _tIsland Rivers _dCanberra : ANU Press,c2018 _z9781760462161
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aAsia-Pacific Environment Monographs
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5485317 _zClick to View
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