1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387243403316

Autore

Tenison Thomas <1636-1715.>

Titolo

Concerning holy resolution [[electronic resource] ] : a sermon preach'd before the King at Kensington, Decemb. 30, 1694 / / by His Grace Thomas Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Elect

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed and sold by H. Hills ..., [1695?]

Descrizione fisica

16 p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"For the benefit of the poor."

Probable date of publication from Wing.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910220515003321

Autore

Robertson Robbie

Titolo

The general's goose : Fiji's tale of contemporary misadventure / / Robbie Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Acton, Australian Capital Territory : , : Australian National University, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-76046-128-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Series

Disciplina

996.11

Soggetti

Coups d'état - Fiji

Democracy - Fiji

Fiji Politics and government

Fiji History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The challenge of inheritance -- The great turning -- Redux: The season for coups -- Plus ça change ...? -- Conclusion: Playing the politics of respect.

Sommario/riassunto

His admirers said he was a charismatic leader with a dazzling smile, a commoner following an ancient tradition of warrior service on behalf of an indigenous people who feared marginalisation at the hands of ungrateful immigrants. One tourist pleaded with him to stage a coup in her backyard; in private parties around the capital, Suva, infatuated women whispered 'coup me baby' in his presence. It was so easy to overlook the enormity of what he had done in planning and implementing Fiji's first military coup, to be seduced by celebrity, captivated by the excitement of the moment, and plead its inevitability as the final eruption of long-simmering indigenous discontent. A generation would pass before the consequences of the actions of Fiji's strongman of 1987, Sitiveni Rabuka, would be fully appreciated but, by then, the die had been well and truly cast. The major general did not live happily ever after. No nirvana followed the assertion of indigenous rights. If anything, misadventure became his country's most enduring



contemporary trait. This is Fiji's very human story.