Islands, Islanders and the World: The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji (Cambridge Human Geography)

Bayliss-Smith, Tim; Bedford, Richard; Brookfield, Harold; Latham, Marc

ISBN 10: 0521030080 / ISBN 13: 9780521030083

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Islands, Islanders and the World: The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji (Cambridge Human Geography)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521030080
• ISBN 13: 9780521030083
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is a book about Fiji, a country whose recent political instability can be traced directly to its distinctive colonial and post-colonial experience. For one particular region of Fiji, the authors examine the environmental, social, and economic aspects of this experience, at scales ranging from national and regional to island, village, and household. The authors explore in depth the inter-relations among the island landscape, the cultural geography of the islanders, and the intrusive values and opportunties of the market economy.

Book Description

Fiji is a country whose recent political instability can be directly traced to its distinctive colonial and post-colonial experience. For one particular region of Fiji the authors examine the environmental, social and economic aspects of this experience. They also explore in depth the interrelations between the island landscape, the cultural geography of the islanders and the intrusive values and opportunities of the market economy.