Matthew Spriggs

Donald Denoon

1991 Update

The Bougainville Crisis

Roderic Lacey

Oral Tradition in Melanesia

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Mark Hudson

Gavan McCormack

This book challenges the conventional view of Japanese society as monocultural and homogenous. Unique for its historical breadth and interdisciplinary orientation, Multicultural Japan ranges from prehistory to the present, arguing that cultural diversity has always existed in Japan. A timely and provocative discussion of identity politics regarding the question of 'Japaneseness', the book traces the origins of the Japanese, examining Japan's indigenous people and the politics of archaeology, using the latter to link Japan's ancient history with contemporary debates on identity. Also examined are Japan's historical connections with Europe and East and Southeast Asia, ideology, family, culture and past and present.

Palaeolithic to Postmodern

Multicultural Japan

Monica Wehner

These are the stories of volunteers who worked unarmed on a tropical island where civil war had recently been suspended. What is unique is not just the monitors' achievements, but the impact on them of working in a multinational force of men and women, soldiers and civilians.

Australians' Experiences Monitoring Peace in Bougainville, 1997-2001

Without a Gun

Donald Denoon

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