The Fijian Colonial Experience (Paperback)

Timothy Macnaught

ISBN 10: 1921934352 / ISBN 13: 9781921934353

Published by ANU Press, Canberra, 2016

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Paperback. IndigenousFijians were singularly fortunate in having a colonial administration thathalted the alienation of communally owned land to foreign settlers and that,almost for a century, administered their affairs in theirown language and through culturally congenial authority structures and institutions. From the outset, the FijianAdministration was criticised as paternalistic andstifling of individualism. But for all itsproblems it sustained, at least until World War II, a vigorously autonomous and peaceful social and political world in quiteaffluent subsistence underpinning the celebratedexuberance of the culture exploited by the travel industry ever since. Indigenous Fijians were singularly fortunate in having a colonial administration that halted the alienation of communally owned land to foreign settlers and that, almost for a century, administered their affairs in their own language and through culturally congenial authority structures and institutions. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fijian Colonial Experience (Paperback)
• Publisher: ANU Press, Canberra
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1921934352
• ISBN 13: 9781921934353
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Indigenous Fijians were singularly fortunate in having a colonial administration that halted the alienation of communally owned land to foreign settlers and that, almost for a century, administered their affairs in their own language and through culturally congenial authority structures and institutions. From the outset, the Fijian Administration was criticised as paternalistic and stifling of individualism. But for all its problems it sustained, at least until World War II, a vigorously autonomous and peaceful social and political world in quite affluent subsistence — underpinning the celebrated exuberance of the culture exploited by the travel industry ever since. First published 1982 by The Australian National University.