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UNINA9910132293503321 |
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Autore |
Tarte Daryl |
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Titolo |
Fiji : a place called home / / Daryl Tarte |
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ANU Press, 2014 |
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Canberra, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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9781925022056 (ebook) |
9781925022049 (paperback) |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fijians - Australia |
Fiji Politics and government |
Fiji Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Prologue: The Early Days; Part One Taveuni: The Colonial Period; 1. People Along the Road; 2. The Old Home; 3. The Plantation; 4. The Young Overseer; 5. Island Life; 6. Marriage; 7. An Array of Characters; 8. Sale of the Plantation; 9. Farewell Taveuni; Part Two Greater Fiji: Life In The Nation; 10. Sugar; 11. Tourism; 12. Commerce and Industry; Interlude: A Fijian Delicacy-Balolo; 13. Diplomacy; 14. Politics and Leadership; Interlude: A Conversation of Spirits; 15. Sports; Interlude: China Rose; 16. Clubs |
Interlude: Rotary-Service Above Self17. Religion; Interlude: The Veli-Fiji's Hairy Myth; 18. The Underprivileged; 19. Media: The Voice of the People; 20. Rumblings of Discontent; Interlude: Reflections on Coups; 21. Women: The Real Mother Lode; 22. Islands; 23. In Search of a Soul; 24. Conclusion |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Daryl Tarte writes emotively, in great detail, about his personal experience of growing up on a remote island during the colonial era, when races were segregated, and white people lived an elite existence. |
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