The Pacific Islands Africa And The Americas

This twelve-volume series for the general reader reproduces works of art representing the resources of all eighteen curatorial departments of the Museum.

This twelve-volume series for the general reader reproduces works of art representing the resources of all eighteen curatorial departments of the Museum.

Included in this volume is a broad selection of the arts of these areas now housed in the Metropolitan Museum’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. From the Pacific appear the extraordinary memorial poles made by the Asmat People of Irian Jaya in western New Guinea. Other objects range from a New Ireland funerary carving to a Maori feather box from New Zealand, and important male figures from the Gambier and Easter Island in Polynesia. This is one of a series that covers practically all the world’s cultures from the earliest times to the present. In total, some 1500 objects drawn from every department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art are reproduced, most in full color and many with details and multiple views. -- Provided by publisher.

These books detail the history of migration to Australia from most of the continents and look as the reasons behind the movement of peoples. They also discuss the benefits derived from migration and look at several 'success stories'.