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.
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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.
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In May 1987 the apparent calm of the Pacific island country of Fiji was suddenly shattered by a military coup d'etat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mataqali land, matagali land, resource base survey, green copra, small island periphery, absolute depopulation, dry copra, coconut economy, copra marketing, older volcanic islands, coconut oil mill, copra production, copra prices, hurricane hazard, coconut industry, human use systems, eastern islands, behavioural environment, hurricane relief, village case studies, subsistence gardens, island ecosystems, limestone islands, coastal flats, circular migration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Qeleni Road, New Zealand, Central Planning Office, Prime Minister, Eastern Division, Bureau of Statistics, Council of Chiefs, Lau Province, Hurricane Val, Ministry of Health, New Guinea, Northern Division, Third World, Cyclone Bebe, Labour Party, Native Lands Commission, New Caledonia, Ratu Sukuna, Second World War, Vanua Balavu, World Bank, Department of Agriculture, Lakeba Co-operative Association New!
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In May 1987 the apparent calm of the Pacific island country of Fiji was suddenly shattered by a military coup d'etat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mataqali land, matagali land, resource base survey, green copra, small island periphery, absolute depopulation, dry copra, coconut economy, copra marketing, older volcanic islands, coconut oil mill, copra production, copra prices, hurricane hazard, coconut industry, human use systems, eastern islands, behavioural environment, hurricane relief, village case studies, subsistence gardens, island ecosystems, limestone islands, coastal flats, circular migration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Qeleni Road, New Zealand, Central Planning Office, Prime Minister, Eastern Division, Bureau of Statistics, Council of Chiefs, Lau Province, Hurricane Val, Ministry of Health, New Guinea, Northern Division, Third World, Cyclone Bebe, Labour Party, Native Lands Commission, New Caledonia, Ratu Sukuna, Second World War, Vanua Balavu, World Bank, Department of Agriculture, Lakeba Co-operative Association New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Viceroy of the Pacific: The Majesty of Colour, a Life of Sir John Bates Thurston by Deryck Anthony Scarr on page 116, and Back Matter
- United Nations (World Watch) by Stewart Ross in Back Matter
- Models in Geography: by Richard J. Chorley in Back Matter
- On Geography by D.R. Stoddart in Back Matter
- Land Use and Water Resources by Charles Pereira in Back Matter
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- Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific: Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa (Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies) by Stephanie Lawson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Small Islands (Advances in Gynecology and Obstetrics Series) by W. Beller on page 31
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