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Title Tu Galala : social change in the Pacific / edited by David Robie
Published Wellington, N.Z. : Bridget Williams Books ; Annandale, N.S.W. : Pluto Press Australia, 1992

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Description 233 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents pt. 1. The Region -- pt. 2. Case studies
Summary The Pacific is in upheaval -- growing poverty, nuclear testing, independence struggles, militarisation and massive social dislocation are pressing, often intractable issues. In "Tu Galala" (meaning freedom), indigenous and palagi writers describe the impact of these influences on their people. Topics covered include the Bougainville crisis and the environmental impact of mining on indigenous communities in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea; hazardous waste dumping and the Johnson Atoll chemical weapons burn off controversy; human rights violations in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and East Timor; "development" in Kanaky/New Caledonia, and tino rangatiratanga in Aotearoa/New Zealand ..." -- Back cover
Analysis Australia overseas comparisons
Colonialism
Cultural conflict
Hazardous wastes
Human rights
Indigenous populations
Militarism
Pacific Rim
Poverty
Social change
Notes Map on lining papers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221) and index
Subject Culture conflict -- Pacific Area.
Indigenous peoples -- Oceania.
Social change -- Pacific Area.
Social structure -- Oceania.
SUBJECT Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436 -- Case studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2016001578
Islands of the Pacific http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068616 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- Colonial influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005253
Oceania -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116419
Oceania -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116420
Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Colonial influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005253
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011468
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Military relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006409
Pacific Area -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116487
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Author Robie, David.
LC no. 92202299
ISBN 0908912145 (BWB)
0949138851 (Pluto)
(BWB : pbk.)
(Pluto)
Other Titles Social change in the Pacific