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Insulinde: selected translations from Dutch writers of three centuries on the Indonesian archipelago »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3693 1885_115052.jpg ANU Press Insulinde: selected translations from Dutch writers of three centuries on the Indonesian archipelago Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services
The modern language of architecture »
Publication date: 1978
"These pages" writes Bruno Zevi, "have the same goal as any other heretical act: to arouse dissent. If they provoke argument, they will have achieved their aim. Instead of talking endlessly about architecture, we shall finally begin to speak architecture." The Modern Language of Architecture by Bruno Zevi, whom Frank Lloyd Wright called "the most penetrating architectural critic of our time," should be read by anyone with an interest in designing, constructing, buying, selling, looking at, or living in a building. Setting forth seven principles, or "antirules," Zevi attempts, in the first part, to codify the new language of architecture that was created by Le Corbusier, Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Wright. In place of the classical language formulated by the Beaux-Arts school, with its focus on abstract principles of order, proportion, and symmetry, he presents an alternative system of communication characterized by a free interpretation of contents and function, an emphasis on differentiation and dissonance, a dynamic multidimensional vision, an independent interplay of elements, an organic marriage between engineering and architecture, living spaces designed to be used, and an inte gration of every building into its surroundings. Part 2, tracing the dialogue between architecture and historiography, demonstrates that the modern language of architecture is not the language of modern architecture, but the real system of communication of all creative architecture. A survey of the literature of the past century on architecture from ancient Greece through the Baroque reveals that each historical contribution had two opposite effects: the negative one of stimulating a revival and the positive one of enriching the modern language of architecture. Thus we find striking analogies between Le Corbusier and Greek town planning, Louis Kahn and Roman architecture of the age of Hadrian, the Arts and Crafts movement and medieval idioms, and, most notably, the two spirals of Borromini's church of Sant'Ivo alia Sapienza in Rome and Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Militarism in modern China: the career of Wu P'ei-Fu, 1916-39 »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3707 1885_115187.jpg ANU Press Militarism in modern China: the career of Wu P'ei-Fu, 1916-39 Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Wou, Odoric Ying-Kwong
The Outward journey »
Publication date: 1978
Owen Webster described The Outward Journey, the first part of his unfinished biography of Frank Dalby Davison, as a 'non-fiction novel'. In writing it he combined the talents of a creative biographer with those of a social historian and literary critic. The Outward Journey is the story of a writer's development, beginning with a vivid evocation of the personalities surrounding Davison in his childhood and going on to trace the early experiences which were to influence his major works. This story is complemented by the author's comprehensive analysis of Davison's earliest works and by some rare insights into the lives of working class Australians from the migrations of the gold rush era to the years immediately after the first world war.
Prehistory of the eastern highlands of New Guinea »
Publication date: 1978
This volume examines the prehistory of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea through a study of its archeology. Working from artifacts collected from seventy-six sites by J. David Cole, Virginia Watson has constructed a paradigmatic classification of stone tools which has the potential of greater elaboration and wider application in New Guinea. The classification represents a distinct departure from most previous attempts to interpret stone tools and carries to a more productive conclusion a line of investi gation that is similar to J. Peter White{u2019}s pioneer ing analysis of "altered edges." Using the data from similarity coefficients, frequency seriation, stratigraphy, and radiocarbon analysis, Watson has established a chronology of three phases which spans the period from 18,000 B.P. to the present, from hunting and gathering to a largely horticultural existence. The findings are also compared with those from five other sites excavated in the Eastern Highlands, and similarities and differences are assessed. Finally, an attempt is made to relate the archeological data, especially those from the latest phase, to groups of New Guineans currently living in the area, who have been the subject of intensive study.
Communal endeavours: migrant organisations in Melbourne »
Publication date: 1978
Migrant organisations supply more than mere support for in dividual immigrants. They enable those who so wish to preserve something of the life, language and culture of the home country. The three groups of migrant or ganisations studied here - Polish, Dutch and Maltese - differ widely in their aims and success. The Polish migrant organisations in Melbourne are mainly intent on preserving Polishness, not only among those who migrated here from Poland but also in the younger generations who were small children when their parents came to Australia or who were born here. The Dutch have little wish to retain association with the Netherlands. Most speak English and membership of their organisations includes many Australians and other nationali ties. The most disorganised are the Maltese. They have a multi plicity of migrant bodies, most of them competing with each other, and little corporate feeling. Mrs Unikoski, herself a migrant from Belgium, had long been conscious of the relation be tween organised groupings and the individual stranded in alien ness, of the inability of some adults to alter inbred behaviour patterns and of a covert hostility of some Australians to ethnic organisations. Before writing this book she talked with many hun dreds of migrants from the three groups studied and was allowed to attend meetings of the of ficials who run the migrant or ganisations. The result is a book which shows her understanding of the problems encountered both by adults who find them selves in a strange country where customs are different and by children and adolescents who are torn between two cultures.
Logs in the current of the sea: Neli Lifuka's story of Kioa and the Vaitupu colonists »
Publication date: 1978
"People without a leader are like logs in the current of the sea; they don't know where to go." Neli Lifuka is totally candid and colorful as he describes his conventional childhood on Vaitupu in the Territory of Tuvalu (until 1975 the Ellice Island Group), his early education and travels, his first job as an engine-room hand on a phosphate cargo ship, his experiences with American marines in World War II, and his crucial role in the unprecedented purchase of Kioa Island (just off Fiji) in 1946. Klaus-Friedrich Koch visited Kioa for the first time 20 years later. Fascinated by the story of Old Man Neli's adventures and the difficulties encountered in the settlement of Kioa by the Vaitupuan colonists, he arranged to return as soon as he could with a notebook and recording equipment. This book is an edited transcript of Neli{u2019}s autobiography, supplemented by an introduction and a legal analysis of the conflict between Polynesian customs and British colonialadministrative law which bewildered Vaitupu and Kioa for a great many years. Professor H.E. Maude has written the foreword to this unusual chapter in Pacific history. Distinguished as historian and administrator, Professor Maude was Resident Commissioner in charge of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony at the time of the Kioa purchase.
Liquid waste management »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3269 1885_114976.jpg ANU Press Liquid waste management Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Joy, C
Recognitions »
Publication date: 1978
The prevailing mood of this, Evan Jones{u2019}s third collection of poetry, is gently plangent, wry, ruminative, and low key. He writes, in a style that is plain, transparent and conversational, and tempered with a nicely ingenious wit, poems that are beautifully made and will delight discriminating readers.
Natural water quality »
Publication date: 1978
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3557 1885_114748.jpg ANU Press Natural water quality Friday, 18 August, 1978 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Johnson, Merike