Islands, Islanders and the World - The Colonial and Post-Colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji

Zusammenfassung The authors examine the environmental! social and economic aspects of colonial and post-colonial experience in Fiji. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Foreword: the MAB Programme and the Eastern Fiji Project G. Glaser; Editorial note; 1. On the study of islands, people and events; 2. The island landscape; 3. Capitalism and colonialism in the periphery; 4. Physical and economic externalities and their impact; 5. Vulnerability in a changing society; 6. Pampered periphery?; 7. Villages of adaptation: Batiki and Kabara; 8. Adaptation or stagnation? the case of Koro; 9. Villages of change: Taveuni and Lakeba; 10. Regional development for an island periphery; 11. Island studies and geography; Appendix: publications of the UNESCO/UNFPA Easter Fiji Project; References; Index.

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• Authors: Tim Bayliss-Smith, Tim (University of Cambridge) Bedfo Bayliss-Smith, Tim Bedford Bayliss-Smith, Bayliss-Smith Tim, Richard Bedford, Bedford Richard, Harold Brookfield, Brookfield Harold, Latham Marc
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521030083
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03008-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Cambridge Human Geography; Cambridge Human Geography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; HISTORY / Oceania, Australasian & Pacific history, Fiji, Australasian and Pacific history