Nelson hank editor (5 resultados)

1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white photos & drawings, maps, tables, minor edgewear jacket (lightly scratched). 175 pp. (Full title: The Burma-Thailand Railway: Memory and History.) These essays provide a remarkable and moving picture of the human tragedy of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Over 50 years after they were captured, Australian survivors of the railway met in Canberra with a Korean guard, and Australian and Japanese historians. This book is the result of their meeting. It combines the reminiscences of Australian prisoners Tom Morris, Tom Uren, Hugh Clarke and Sir Edward Dunlop, with the tortured memories of the Korean guard. Edited by Gavan McCormack and Hank Nelson. First edition.…

1st Ed. XVI, 231 PP with 6 figures & 19 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed, otherwise fine. 28 x 21.5. Twenty of the papers presented in December 1993 at the conference Colonial Inheritance: The Pacific Islands Experience, hosted by the Division of Pacific and Asian History, RSpacS, ANU. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 108 pp., illustrations, bibliography. some cover scuffing. Contents: Sir Walter McNicoll as Administrator of the Mandated Territory / McNicoll; In retrospect 1945-52 / Murray; An administrator reflects / Cleland; Practical progress in Papua and New Guinea 1918-68: a personal account / Guise; The growth of Catholicism in Western Highlands / Ross; Sources for a history of the Port Moresby region / Golson; Introduction to the Taurama archaeological site, Kirra Beach / Golson; Some archaeological sites of the Motu and Koiari areas / Lampert; Taurama -- oral sources for a study of recent Motuan prehistory / Oram; The story of a migration / Chatterton; The story of Taurama village as told by Aire Aire Rahobada of Pari Village / Pulsford & Heni; Vincent Eri, President of the P.N.G. Society 1967-68 / Jackman; Book notes 0.0.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 94 pp., illustrations, bibliography. Contents: Hermann Detzner: New Guinea's first coast-watcher / Biskup; The use of Pidgin in the House of Assembly /Hull; The establishment of local government in the Northern District / Jinks; Negotiations over the 1963 Public Service Ordinance / Simmonds; Formal control of the ordinances of the Legislative Council, 1951-1963 / Lynch; A history of Delena / Chatterton; Handling the material world / Price; Stori bilong taim bipo: The Dophin Woman / Sabok; Initiation ceremony in Nyarangai, Christmas 1966 / Kisa; The family of mountains / Jubilee; Frantz Fanon and the third world / Gilbert; The University Library: the new media and New Guinea culture / Buick; The Papuan Villager: A national newspaper / Nelson; Book notes 0.0.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.