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Grass huts and warehouses: Pacific beach communities of the nineteenth century »
Publication date: 1977
Pacific beach communities have long been thought of by the romantics as tropical paradises away from the cares of the everyday world. But were they? From the examination of the political, economic, and social developments o f five small port towns - Honolulu, Papeete, Kororareka, Levuka, and Apia - the picture that emerges falls short of paradise. Jealousies, petty quarrels, political manoeuverings, followed the early settlers to their island havens. This book examines the shifts in community power, the development of trade and commerce, race relations, and daily life in the five towns before formal Western control was imposed. Written in the belief that the study of Pacific history is more informative when it moves beyond an individual island or island group, this book with its wide perspective reveals a pattern of remarkable similarity of development in the beach communities.
Fiji Hindi: a basic course and reference grammar »
Publication date: 1977
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3593 1885_115135.jpg ANU Press Fiji Hindi: a basic course and reference grammar Thursday, 18 August, 1977 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Moag, Rodney F
'A world of its own': poems by J. McAuley, Paintings by P. Giles »
Publication date: 1977
A World of its Own is a sustained lyric, an enchanted and enchanting song that captures in words and colour the simplicity, the beauty, the aloneness of a little-known, unspoilt world. Poet and painter viewed this world with independent eyes, neither seeking to interpret for the other. In an unusual collaboration they have captured a subtlety of impression and recreated a wholeness of experience difficult for either to achieve alone. The poems have a rare visual quality about them and the paintings and sketches a lyrical eloquence as though each art was about to spill over into the other. In the last poem in this book McAuley writes: all things visible, Become a treasure hoarded in the heart Till brought forth by the artist{u2019}s hand, transformed, Into an image. A World of its Own is a treasure hoarded in the heart and transformed by its artist's hands.
Desert landforms »
Publication date: 1977
About one-third of the earth's land surface is desert. Yet, despite a large and varied literature, Desert Landforms is the first book arranged around landforms rather than geomorphic processes. A reeurrent theme is that desert landforms occur in assemblages that are profoundly influenced by geology and major relief. Accordingly, landforms are discussed within a number of fractional groupings in a downslope sequence of settings, ranging from desert upland to plain, an approach influenced by the author's experience in mapping such landform groupings in arid Australia. Professor Mabbutt draws on the world's deserts for his examples (with some bias towards Australia to remedy general neglect in the literature), illustrating them with an excellent and numerous collection of judiciously chosen plates. Desert Landforms is one volume in the series An Introduction to Systematic Geomorphology, designed for use at university level, which has found ready welcome also in schools and among the many people geologists and scientists included who find interest in the what and the why of natural scenery. The examples and discussions are wide-ranging and stimulating enough to encourage readers towards further sources and, above all, to attract them into the desert to see and enjoy for themselves.
Why poor people stay poor: a study of urban bias in world development »
Publication date: 1977
The great division in the world today, says Michael Lipton in this outstandingly important book, is not between capitalist and communist, black and white, east and west, or even between rich and poor nations. It exists within the poor countries themselves, and it is the division between city and country. In developing countries especially, wealth is drained from the country, where a little investment would produce big increases in desperately needed food production, and channelled into the cities where people who are often far better off put it to far less productive uses. As a result, while many of the poorest countries have considerably increased their output of wealth since 1945, the poorest people have grown no richer and have sometimes been thrust into even deeper poverty. We now pay lip-service to the need to develop agriculture, but Professor Lipton shows how biased the distribution of wealth still is. The income gap between city and country is much larger in the Third World today than it was in the early development in Europe and Japan. Moreover public policy - on investment, education and prices - pushes urban and rural incomes even further apart. Even when resources are made available to farmers, they all too often go to the big land- owners producing crops for the city dweller to eat, rather than to smaller farmers who, by allying intensive labour to even a small inflow of capital, could create a much higher increase in production. Why Poor People Stay Poor examines how this unhappy situation came about. Politicians, planners and experts are not {u2018}wicked{u2019}, but respond to pressures, which are strongest from their articulate, organised, concentrated urban neighbours. Ideologies - liberal, Marxist, populist - have also helped national leaders to convince themselves that such an inequitable process was right and necessary. In reality, in terms of efficiency as well as justice, it has had terrible consequences in hunger and thwarted development. Why Poor People Stay Poor analyses one of the great problems of the present-day world in an astute and original fashion, and it sets out guidelines for a future that could hold out hope to many millions of oppressed and impoverished people.
Federalism and fiscal balance: a comparative study »
Publication date: 1977
Few topics in the world of public finance arouse more heat than the financial arrangements between the central government and the states or provinces of countries with federal systems of government. In an attempt to shed some light on these sometimes complex arrangements, this book discusses financial relationships between central and state or provincial governments in four federal countries-Australia, Canada, the United States of America and West Germany. It covers the information on political organisation and constitutional requirements of each country, examination of relevant theories on fiscal federalism, and a survey of economic structure and developments in each country necessary to give the study a true perspective. Dr Hunter faces up to the problems currently confronting federal countries and gives careful consideration to the advantages of fiscal decentralisation and the need for improved methods of inter-governmental co-operation. In an Australian context he suggests several ways in which improvements could be made in the functioning of the federation within a framework of medium and long range economic planning. The problem of federal-state/provincial relationships admits of no easy answers; indeed, any answers will be open to challenge. Nonetheless this book will be essential reading for students of economics and government, in Australia and overseas, and for government officials and economists in many countries.
A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1965-1974 »
Publication date: 1977
The Handbook o f Australian Government and Politics 1965-1974 is a sequel to the volume published in 1968 which covered the years 1890 to 1964. That volume contains a wealth of gubernatorial, cabinet, and electoral data that have made it a basic research tool for Australian historians and political scientists. The present volume follows the format of the first - cabinet and portfolio lists, then voting information for each election between 1965 and 1974. A postscript brings the information up to the end of 1976 - as up to date as it can be, given the unpredictability of politics. Together or separately, these volumes are indispensable reference works.
The foreign trade of China: policy, law, and practice »
Publication date: 1977
Although trade with China is no longer regarded exclusively as a one-way street permitting Western mercantilism to exploit an infinite market, the subject has been largely ignored in the West since the establishment of the People's Republic. Hence the importance of this pioneering study. In his illuminating discussion of the objectives of Chinese foreign trade, Professor Hsiao explains its significance both in the development of the national economy and in a diplomatic context. He also discusses the organization of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade, the business and administrative operations of Chinese national foreign trade corporations, China{u2019}s concept of international trade agreements, her trade representation abroad, and the status of alien residents and property in China. In addition, he analyzes many relevant laws, cases, contractual arrangements, agencies and distributorships, and formal and informal methods of settling disputes, illustrating China's uniquely flexible approach to foreign commerce. A rare collection of Chinese trade documents and contracts is included. Since Japan is China's major trading partner, the author's command of both Chinese and Japanese sources is of particular value. Moreover, he is the first American scholar to have utilized extensive interviews with Japanese traders who have acquired extensive experience in dealing with China. Especially noteworthy is his detailed review of three recent crises in Sino-Japanese commercial relations. A native of Shanghai, an American-educated lawyer and political scientist, and a longtime student of Chinese history and culture, Professor Hsiao is uniquely qualified to write this book, which should interest students of international law, politics, economics, and contemporary Chinese society as well as being extremely helpful to businessmen contemplating trade with the People{u2019}s Republic of China.
The Loyalty Islands: a history of culture contacts, 1840-1900 »
Publication date: 1977
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/2955 1885_114998.jpg ANU Press The Loyalty Islands: a history of culture contacts, 1840-1900 Thursday, 18 August, 1977 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Howe, K. R
Sydney in ferment: crime, dissent and official reaction, 1788 to 1973. »
Publication date: 1977
Crime fascinates many members of the public. They are eager to know what forms it takes, whether kinds of crime change, what measures are taken to combat it. Sydney in Ferment draws widely on primary sources, many previously unpublished. It focuses on trends in criminal behaviour, political dissidencc, collective violence and crime control polices in New South Wales from Phillip{u2019}s landing in 1788 to the early 1970s. It investigates variations in rates and types of crime and threats to public order and discusses changes in criminal law, the creation and development of police forces and trends in criminal procedure and penal form. Its conclusion on the relative weights to be given to the influence of short-term changes in policy on criminal justice and to fundamental social and economic factors will provoke spirited discussion. This book is a lively account both of crime itself and also of the changes in the moral attitudes of the officials and the public at large.