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Oceania and the Pacific Islands

Amiria J. M. Henare. Museums, Anthropology and Imperial Exchange. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2005. Pp. xix, 323. $80.00.
For a first book, the extraordinary scope of the study in this text must have, at times, been daunting for its author. Yet, what is apparent even from the opening chapter is that Amiria J. M. Henare has three specific skills that make her remarkable as an academic, especially one still at the early stages of her career: a solid and consistent scholarship, a flair for moving across academic disciplines as though there were no boundaries between them, and the ability to present her findings in an intelligent yet entirely readable fashion. The combination enables the alchemy that turns potentially dense topics and themes into a coherent, lucid text and elevates this book to the select group of works that deal with aspects of New Zealand history in a truly innovative and engaging manner.	1
Henare makes no apologies for the fact that much of this book derives from doctoral work she had undertaken. Often, such an admission serves as a warning for readers, suggesting that a thesis has simply been typeset and published. However, the author has obviously gone to great efforts to remove the rigid stylistic and structural enclosures that so often surround theses while simultaneously maintaining the intellectual rigor that accompanies them. The book is heavily (but not disproportionately) referenced, and footnotes rather than endnotes are used, allowing sources to be identified immediately. In addition, there are almost fifty illustrations, all of which are relevant to the surrounding text, and many of which are photos by the author. Judging by their geographical spread, the latter are suggestive of extensive fieldwork.	. . .

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