Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...

Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
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Total Pages : 3208
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ISBN-10 : UCR:31210023918764
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Synopsis Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... by : United States. Superintendent of Documents

Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States

Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
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Total Pages : 3208
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ISBN-10 : RUTGERS:39030018822652
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Synopsis Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States by : United States. Superintendent of Documents

Catalogue of the Public Documents of the 53d Congress, 2d Session - 76th Congress, 1st Session, March 4, 1893 - December 31, 1940 and of All Departments of the Governments of the United States

Catalogue of the Public Documents of the 53d Congress, 2d Session - 76th Congress, 1st Session, March 4, 1893 - December 31, 1940 and of All Departments of the Governments of the United States
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Total Pages : 3216
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ISBN-10 : PURD:32754073915997
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Synopsis Catalogue of the Public Documents of the 53d Congress, 2d Session - 76th Congress, 1st Session, March 4, 1893 - December 31, 1940 and of All Departments of the Governments of the United States by : United States. Superintendent of Documents

Plumes from Paradise

Plumes from Paradise
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Publisher : Sydney University Press
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9781743325469
ISBN-13 : 1743325460
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Synopsis Plumes from Paradise by : Pamela Swadling

The natural resources of New Guinea and nearby islands have attracted outsiders for at least 5000 years: spices, aromatic woods and barks, resins, plumes, sea slugs, shells and pearls all brought traders from distant markets. Among the most sought-after was the bird of paradise. Their magnificent plumes bedecked the hats of fashion-conscious women in Europe and America, provided regalia for the Kings of Nepal, and decorated the headdresses of Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Plumes from Paradise tells the story of this interaction, and of the economic, political, social and cultural consequence for the island's inhabitants. It traces 400 years of economic and political history, culminating in the 'plume boom' of the early part of the 20th century, when an unprecedented number of outsiders flocked to the island's coasts and hinterlands. The story teems with the variety of people involved: New Guineans, Indonesians, Chinese, Europeans, hunters, traders, natural historians and their collectors, officials, missionaries, planters, miners, adventurers of every kind. In the wings were the conservationists, whose efforts brought the slaughter of the plume boom to an end and ushered in an era of comparative isolation for the island that lasted until World War II.

The Federal Reporter

The Federal Reporter
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Total Pages : 1076
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3559804
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