Polynesian decorative designs

Abstract The book presents the most wide-ranging treatment of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia and their outliers, a group of more than 800 language...

Abstract Stone on European Union Design Law: A Practitioners’ Guide provides a detailed and thorough review of EU-wide law protecting the appearance of a product....

This chapter focuses on the basic principles of research design. It first considers different types of research design, including experimental designs, cross-sectional and longitud...

The villas of Andrea Palladio have been among the most influential buildings in history. Drawing on the architect's original published legacy of forty-odd designs, George Hersey an...

Discover the science, cultural history, and environmental importance of our planet’s oceans. The second edition of this award-winning encyclopedia has been updated throug...

Like the other archipelagos of Remote Oceania, Fiji was colonized by Lapita voyagers approximately 1000 b.c. Over the subsequent three millennia, Fijian populations underwent consi...

A resource ideal for students as well as general readers, this two-volume encyclopedia examines the diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander spiritual experience. ...