| Description |
xxii, 404 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Pacific Islands monograph series ; no. 11 |
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Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 11
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| Contents |
Land and People -- The Nineteenth Century: Road to Cession -- Cession and Its Legacy -- 1. The Second Coming: 1900-1920. Fijians: Shaking the Tree. Lala. Taxation. Trading. Fijian Labor Laws. Land and Land Reform. European Planters and Federation. Indians: Girmit and Free. The 1910s: Protest, War, and Death. Manilal Doctor. Apolosi Nawai. World War I. Influenza -- 2. The Foundations Challenged: 1920-1939. Population and Its Politics. Fijian Society: Questions and Problems. Viti Cauravou. From Indians to Indo-Fijians. The 1920 Strike. Company and Kisan: Round One. Education. Electoral Representation. Laud and Land Tenure. The Colonial World -- 3. For King and Country: 1939-1959. War. The War in Nadi. For King and Country. Company and Kisan: Round Two. Native Land and Fijian Affairs. The Politics of the Deed of Cession. Race Relations in the 1950s. War in Malaya. Social Change. Education -- 4. Winds of Change: 1959-1969. The 1959 Strike. Company and Kisan: Round Three. Commissions of Inquiry. Toward Self-Government. The 1965 Constitutional Conference. Elections and By-elections. The End of an Era -- 5. The Center Cannot Hold: 1970-1987. The 1970s: Tentative Honeymoon. The Street Commission and the Constitution. The Issue of Land Yet Again. The Politics of Balance. Butadroka, Racism, and the Elections. The 1980s: New Wines in Old Bottles. A Government of National Unity. 1982: Western Regionalism, Elections, and Aftermath. 1982-1987: Consolidation and Fragmentation. Fiji Labour Party, Coalition, and Campaign -- 6. Things Fall Apart: The 1987 Crisis. Coalition Government. The Rise of Taukei Militancy. The Coup and a Week After. Coalition and Other Reactions. Seeking a Constitutional Solution. The September Coup and the Birth of the Fiji Republic. The Causes of the Coup. The Principal Players -- 7. Broken Waves -- Appendix: Population and Trade Statistics |
| Analysis |
Economic conditions |
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Ethnic relations |
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Fiji |
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Overseas item |
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Political change |
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Social conditions |
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Statistics |
| Notes |
"Center for Pacific Islands Studies; School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-395) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Fiji -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004167
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Fiji -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115021
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| Author |
Pacific Islands Studies Center.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa. School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies.
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| LC no. |
92017786 |
| ISBN |
0824814185 |
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