heritagefuturesinternational is proud to be publishing the following titles as a contribution to scholarly research in Australia an the Pacific. A number of titles are available as open access. heritagefuturesinternational pulishes books under the imprints «fore|sight» and {retro|spect} and issues the Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and the Social Sciences.

Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and the Social Sciences ISSN 1449-7336

Dedicated to the study of human thought, behavior, and culture in Micronesia the Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and the Social Sciences provides an avenue for humanities researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas. Published as part of the Open Access project, the Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and the Social Sciences is a semiannual peer reviewed academic electronic journal. The editors welcome submissions of original non-published articles in the fields of archaeology, communications, cultural education, cultural anthropology, ethnobiology, ethnography, historic architecture, historic preservation, history, library studies, linguistics, literature, politics, social anthropology, tourism, and allied humanities subjects. Papers are accepted on the basis of their originality and their relevance to Micronesia and the adjacent Pacific region.

 
Studies in Contemporary and Emergent Heritage ISSN 1834-4208

A serial dedicated to the examination of issues in the management of contemporary and emergent cultural heritage. Studies in Contemporary and Emergent Heritage is universal in its scope and addresses issues of moveable and non-moveable cultural heritage assets and earth and in space.

 
Studies in German Colonial Heritage ISSN 1834-7797

A serial dedicated to the examination of issues in the management of German colonial heritage in Australia and the Pacific. Studies in German Colonial Heritage is universal in its scope and addresses issues of history as well as moveable and non-moveable cultural heritage assets .

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Mount Carmel in Garapan (Saipan) during the German Period

43 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 06 7
softcover, US$ 5.00
Publication date: to be announced
Published in collaboration with the Humanities Council of the Northern Mariana Islands)

The spiritual center of Catholic Saipan was Nuestra Senora del Carmen (Mother of God of Mount Carmel) at Garapan, erected in 1892 as successor to the church San Isidoro (1854). Mount Carmel saw a number of modifications until its destruction during the US assault on Saipan in 1944. This booklet compiles the known photographs of the church and discusses its history. It is the first study of its kind in the Mariana Islands.

Luta : I Tiempun Aleman. Rota as seen through German Eyes 1899-1914

iv, 135 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 05 0
softcover, US$ 10.00
Publication date: to be announced
Published in collaboration with the Humanities Council of the Northern Mariana Islands)

Imperial Germany bought the Mariana Islands from Spain in 1899 and quickly moved to establish an efficient administration, led by the enlightened Georg Fritz as district administrator. The German administration was centered on Saipan, which was connected to the outside world through a number of shipping lines. Rota, where about 20% of the population resided, was reliant on irregular visits by trading vessels. Off the beaten track for all but the most determined visitor, Rota received little attention in the literature published during the German period (1899-1914).
    This publication compiles the observations and opinions of German authors, colonial officials, missionaries and travelers, that deal with Rota. The items reproduced here in translation have been chosen from the body of both published literature, hitherto unpublished letters held in private hand, and memoranda contained in German colonial archival files.

32 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 09 8
Physical copy: Aus$25 plus P&P
Free download (PDF): 5.9mb
Publication date: OCTOBER 2007

A large number of residents in the Southern Riverina trace their ancestry to German settlers. Attracted to the fertile lands of the Riverina, they travelled from South Australia on arduous wagon treks. From 1867 onwards they formed communities clustered around communally-built Protestant Churches in Gerogery, Jindera, Walla Walla, Edgehill, Burrumbuttock, Pleasant Hills and Walbundrie. Frugal and hardworking, driven by the proverbial Protestant work ethic, the German farmers were generally well respected at the time. Their strong Protestant Lutheran faith governed both pubic and private lives. Through a series of objects from the Jindera Pioneer Museum, this catalogue illustrates the experience of the German community during the nineteenth and early twentieth century.

x, 173 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 02 9
Physical copy: Aus$25 plus P&P
Free download (PDF): 7mb
Publication date: OCTOBER 2007

A bibliographic analysis of a collection of German language books held by the Jindera Pioneer Museum. Noteworthy among them are one sixteenth and three seventeenth century religious texts. The study also traces the origins of the books, compiles background on the booksellers that supplied them, and from there develops a conceptual framework for the acquisition and retention of books by the German immigrant community

xii, 174 pp. pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 05 0
Free download (PDF): 30.9 mb
Publication date: Publication date: October 2007

Germany was a relative late-comer on the colonial scene. While the impact and legacy of the German colonial experience in Africa, China and the South Pacific has been examined by historians, few studies exist which try to assess the nature of newspaper publishing in the German colonies. What exists are very general overviews or a well repeated discussion of a specific event, namely as the conflict between the press and the colonial administration in German East Africa. The Pacific has been ignored in this regard.
   The present study of the publication output of the Samoanische Zeitung breaks new ground in two aspects. It is the first of its kind dealing with the situation in the German Pacific, and it is the first of its kind that tries to look holistically at the entire publication output of a single publisher.

iii, 27 pp. pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 07 4
Free download (PDF): 976 kb
Publication date: Publication date: September 2007

A historic narrative of the effects of the Good Friday Typhoon on the eastern Caroline Islands. The book outlines the destruction wrought on the settlements and the environment, and outlines the actions taken by the Imperial German colonial administration to alleviate the suffering of the population. In part this entailed large-scale relocation of people first to Pohnpei and from there to Saipan.

vii, 394 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 04 3
hardcover, US$ 15.00
Publication date: September 2007
(Published in collaboration with the Humanities Council of the Northern Mariana Islands)

Imperial Germany's colonial experience in Micronesia was only brief, but left a lasting impact on the communities it ruled. During a fifteen year period, between the Spanish American War of 1898 and the early days of World War I in October 1914, a handful of German colonial administrators initiated educational, economic and social policies that were to have a significant impact on the Northern Mariana Islands. Compulsory schooling with instruction in Chamorro and Carolinian, private land ownership limited to Chamorro and Carolinians (excluding even Germans!), homesteading programs and environmental protection are only some of the German initiatives that were both innovative and unique though the colonial Pacific.
Edge of Empire is an in-depth study of Germany's colonial rule in the Northern Mariana Islands. Drawing upon an extensive body of German colonial records, Professor Dirk HR Spennemann thoroughly examines the various facets of the legacy of this brief but significant chapter in the history of the Northern Mariana Islands.

viii, 152 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 03 6
softcover
$24.95 plus P&P
Publication date: November 2006

This book is the first in-depth study of mid-twentieth century transportation in the Murray region. It traces the rise and fall of the com-pany's fortunes, presenting a detailed overview of Murray Valley Coaches' rolling stock, its paddle steamers and premises. Numerous photographs illustrate the company's fleet of buses, ranging from the Reo side-loaders of the 1930s to the White semi-trailer units of the 1940s and the Foden 'Camelbacks' of the 1950s.

The Border Post (Albury, NSW) Fiction Index 1856-1885.

iv, 96 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 001 2
Free download (PDF): 844kb
Publication date: September 2006

Founded in 1856, the Border Post was Albury's first newspaper. The range of verse, from bush ballads to literary poetry, was a common art form in the mid nineteenth century. Prose fiction was expensive in terms of printing space and thus limited. This is well reflected in the pages of the Border Post, which focussed on verse over prose in its offerings.
   The Border Post Fiction Index illustrates the wide range of poetry and short fiction offered to the readership, fiction drawn from British, American and Australian papers, magazines and books. The wide scope of the sources used demonstrates the scope of the editors. Far from being a small parochial paper, the Border Post was a major influence shaping the cultural and political development of North-Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales.

xxxvii, 114 pp., ill.; ISBN: 978 1 921220 00 5
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Publication date: September 2006

Nathan August Cobb (1859-1932) was instrumental in developing a scientific approach to agriculture in New South Wales (Australia). From 1905 onwards he worked in Hawai'i and then the USA. This is the first comprehensive bibliography of Cobb's work listing more than 550 items.