Upon sighting the USS Charleston on January 29, 1891, hundreds of citizens of the Hawaiian kingdom to Honolulu Harbor to......more
Upon sighting the USS Charleston on January 29, 1891, hundreds of citizens of the Hawaiian kingdom to Honolulu Harbor to......more
A photographic coffee table book about Rekohu, Chatham Islands, New Zealand--the raw beauty of the land, sea, people and......more
In the aftermath of WWII Australia undertook a number of war crime trials, and yet despite detailed records about Japane......more
This open access book presents an international history of humanitarianism during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.......more
This book explores the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia, and uncovers how......more
Focusing on patterns of intimacy, this book traces the historical roots of parenting practices and familial patterns con......more
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This concise survey showcases the work of Aboriginal artists from across the Australian continent. From Arnhem Land and ......more
Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies sheds new light on the history of geography through the biographies of distingui......more
The aftermath of the Second World War marked a radical new moment in the history of migration. For the millions of refug......more
Michael Brown undertakes a thorough study of Eyeliner’s BUY NOW, a vaporwave homage to the kitsch electronic sounds of t......more
Michael Brown undertakes a thorough study of Eyeliner’s BUY NOW, a vaporwave homage to the kitsch electronic sounds of t......more
"They put up barriers, the same way with our bodies. Our bodies are meant for us to be very expressive. Hawaiians were l......more
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The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throug......more
A new addition to the University of Pittsburgh Press Intersections Series...more
In the first major national history of Aotearoa New Zealand to be published for 20 years, Professor Michael Belgrave adv......more
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This book explores the historical and social dynamics of Spiritualism - a religious movement associated in the popular i......more
A look through the kitchen window into early rural life in Aotearoa....more
The Historical Dictionary of New Zealand, Fourth Edition provides a broad introduction to New Zealand, as well as rich d......more
In The Mana of Translation: Translational Flow in Hawaiian History from the Baibala to the Mauna, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada m......more
In The Mana of Translation: Translational Flow in Hawaiian History from the Baibala to the Mauna, Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada m......more
In Australia, clinical neurology emerged as a specialised area of medical practice a century ago, in the aftermath of Wo......more
Periodically, in Australian society racial chasms emerge portraying the great divide between Indigenous and non-Indigeno......more
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ASALH 2023 Book Prize Winner A lively living history of anti-colonialist movements across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Ind......more
Two-up, a famous Australian soldiers’ gambling game, has given Australian English many unique words and phrases. The gam......more
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Waimea, Hawaiʻi, inhabited by humankind for more than twelve centuries, has been home to Parker Ranch for 175 storied ye......more
Japan’s oceans demand our attention. Violent, prolific, and changeful, they define life and death on the archipelago: pu......more
Possums in the roof, an echidna in the garden, or perhaps a python in the pantry? Living with Wildlife: A Guide for Our ......more
Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer’s Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous......more
Now fully revised for 2023, this is the essential and comprehensive guide to the Australian battlefields of the Western ......more
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A history of New Zealand’s R Patrol in the Long Range Desert Group. This is the story of the New Zealand R Patrol, Long ......more
Aboriginal Myths, Legends amp; Fables presents a wealth of poetic and imaginative tales from Aboriginal cultural heritag......more
A wealth of poetic and imaginative tales from Aboriginal cultural heritage.Aboriginal Stories presents a collection of m......more
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In Beyond The Broken Years - fifty years after The Broken Years, Bill Gammage’s classic on World War One soldiers, was p......more
Uncovers the untold stories of the Australian Defence Force’s crucial role in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, Australia’......more
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The first stand-alone history of The CAC Boomerang, Australia’s only homegrown fighter. The CAC Boomerang has a unique p......more
When Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin on Christmas Day 1974, it was the worst natural disaster Australians had ever experi......more
The Story of Chalmers of New Guinea, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and s......more
A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military ......more
Tropic Days, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is neve......more
When Kenneth Baillieu Myer’s father fell dead on the footpath in 1934, Ken’s life changed in an instant. As the eldest s......more
In the 1980s and 90s, amid an explosion in international money flows, a handful of people saw a new financial future and......more
A Vagabond’s Odyssey; being further reminiscences of a wandering sailor-troubadour in many lands, a classical book, has ......more
This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents,......more
Within the frame of family farming, this book offers a longitudinal study of the Castra district in North-West Tasmania ......more
Through oral histories, memoirs, and Facebook posts of Vietnamese adults who entered Australia as children after the Vie......more
This book surveys historical and emerging global air and space power issues and provides a multidisciplinary understandi......more
Problems of the Pacific, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this ......more
This book provides a case study on the ongoing impact of displacement and encampment of refugees who do not have access ......more
Widely regarded as a major Australian artist, Rosalie Gascoigne first exhibited in 1974 at the age of fifty-seven. She r......more
This is the story of Australia’s 3RAR in the Korean War, culminating in the Battle of Kapyong in April 1951, where an Au......more
The 25th anniversary edition of the much-beloved true adventure tale of Nathaniel Courthope; "A magnificent piece of pop......more
Bonzer. Arvo. Tucker. Sickie. Pash. Illywhacker. There are plenty of words to choose from to tell the story of Australia......more
In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and writer Louis Nowra - author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo - expands his gaze to e......more
Ion Idriess shares with his readers yet another rich deposit of fascinating information he has uncovered on his wanderin......more
In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent, and routes across it......more
*Winner, 2023 Ernest Scott Prize* *Winner, 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards, Australian History Prize* *Shortlisted, 20......more
This book examines a significant part of New Zealand history through a critical analysis of the Muslim community in Chri......more
A collection of memories and anecdotes about the life and times of Dr Sione Mangisi one of the early Tongan doctors trai......more
They built them tough in the old days. Our ancestors’ exploits in a new country demonstrate that life was not meant to b......more
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Who and I? I am Thomas Toke, alias Thomas Tookey, alias Thomas Toak. I was born in England, transported to Sydney, Austr......more
"They were desperate times but the Depression created a certain breed of people who economised, ’made-do’, and ’got-by’ ......more
Most Australians think they know the full Kelly story. James Wallace: The Kelly Gang Sympathiser is about a man who was ......more
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, PRIX FÉMINA ETRANGER, AND PRIX MÉDICIS - An exquisite, genre-defying new book ......more
This book is about adventure motorcycle riding, middle age, and chicken racing, but most of all it’s about adventure and......more
In 1862 a middle-aged couple, James and Frances Reed, accompanied by all ten of their adult children, left their establi......more
This book weaves together theories of pre-Columbian trans-Pacific contact between Oceania and the Americas and analyses ......more
The mihini miharo reveals nineteenth-century Aotearoa as never before....more
Over ten years on from a barn-burning piece of Australian feminist history--Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. On October ......more
The Treaty of Waitangi; or, how New Zealand became a British Colony, a classical book, has been considered important thr......more
Under the Southern Cross; Or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands, a classical ......more
The MUP Masterworks series celebrates distinguished Australian writers and ideas. Other writers in the series include Ma......more
History of the AWU is a first-hand account of the making of a union and the makings of a nation. It depicts the industri......more
This book presents cultural representations of Christ embedded in the imagination and the contested myths of Australian ......more