Pacific Journeys - Essays in Honour of John Dunmore

Klappentext This volume of essays! some of which are in French! are written by leading academics from New Zealand and France about the French presence and influence in the Pacific region. A tribute to the invaluable role John Dunmore played in advancing the historical knowledge of! and scholarly interest in! the region! this collection celebrates the work of a man who was raised in France and Britain! immigrated to New Zealand in 1950! and pursued a distinguished career as academic! publisher! and writer. Scholarly Publications Dealing with the Pacific, Dunmore; A French Garden in Tasmania: The Legacy of Félix Delahaye (1767-1829),E. Duyker; I'll Make You Eat Grass Like Cows: Food and the Bounty Mutiny, A. Frost; L'Ancre et le Plomb: l'édition des voyages maritimes en France Siècle des Lumières, F. Moureau; Nine Days in Nouvelle-Cythère: The Origins of French Artwork in the Pacific, C. Hemming; Le Retour de la France dans le Pacifique sous la Restauration, C. Huetz de Lemps; Patrick O'Reilly: Bibliographer of the Pacific, H. Laracy; Jean-Marie Grange, Clerc de Saint Viateur in New Zealand, J. Munro; Maori as Missionary: A Whanganui Case Study, M. R. Owens; French Whalers and the Maori, P. Tremewan; French Whalers at Otago 1838 to 1853, I. Church; Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin , le Roman Baleinier de Jules Verne, C. Mortelier; Stranger than Fiction: Ethnography and Narrative Writing in French Polynesia, R. Arnoux; 'Hybridity' in French-Kanak Encounters in the Literatures of Kanaky/New Caledonia, R. Ramsay; Dernières Nouvelles du théâtre calédonien: Les Dieux sont borgnes, S. Faessel; New Caledonia : A botanical Mecca, J. Dawson

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• Authors: Roger D J D J Collins, Roger D. J. D. J. Collins, Glynnis M Cropp, Glynnis M. Cropp, Glynnis M. (EDT)/ Watts Cropp, K R Howe, Noel R Watts, Noel R. Watts
• Assisted by: Roger Collins (Editor), Roger D. J. Collins (Editor), Glynnis Cropp (Editor), Glynnis M. Cropp (Editor), Kerry Howe (Editor), Noel Watts (Editor), Noel R. Watts (Editor)
• Publisher: Paul & co. publishing corporat
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2006
• EAN: 9780864735072
• ISBN: 978-0-86473-507-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous