LEADER 02860 am 22004333u 450 001 9910213848803321 005 20221206102248.0 010 $a9781760460983$b(PDF ebook) 010 $z9781760460976$b(paperback) 035 $a(CKB)3780000000450759 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4908624 035 $a(EXLCZ)993780000000450759 100 $a20170809h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMaking Mala $eMalaita in Solomon Islands, 1870s-1930s /$fClive Moore 210 1$aActon, Australia :$cAustralian National University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (550 pages) $ccolor illustrations, maps; digital file(s) 225 0 $aPacific series 311 08$aPrint version (paperback): ?z 9781760460976 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMalaita in recent centuries -- Trade and labour -- Malaitan Christians overseas, 1880s-1910s -- The Melanesian Mission, 1877-1909 -- Abu`ofa and the exodus from Queensland, 1894-1908 -- From QKM to SSEM, 1904-09 -- Qaibala: Establishing `Aoke Station, 1909-14 -- Labour, the Malayta Company and Catholicism -- Koburu: William Bell, 1915-27 -- Making Mala into Malaita, 1927-42. 330 $aMalaita is one of the major islands in the Solomons Archipelago and has the largest population in the Solomon Islands nation. Its people have an undeserved reputation for conservatism and aggression. Making Mala argues that in essence Malaitans are no different from other Solomon Islanders, and that their dominance, both in numbers and their place in the modern nation, can be explained through their recent history. A grounding theme of the book is its argument that, far than being conservative, Malaitan religions and cultures have always been adaptable and have proved remarkably flexible in accommodating change. This has been the secret of Malaitan success. Malaitans rocked the foundations of the British protectorate during the protonationalist Maasina Rule movement in the 1940s and the early 1950s, have heavily engaged in internal migration, particularly to urban areas, and were central to the ?Tension Years? between 1998 and 2003. Making Mala reassesses Malaita?s history, demolishes undeserved tropes and uses historical and cultural analyses to explain Malaitans? place in the Solomon Islands nation today. 607 $aMalaita Province (Solomon Islands) 607 $aMalaita Province (Solomon Islands)$xHistory 676 $a301.29935 700 $aMoore$b Clive$0905747 712 02$aAustralian National University Press. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUkMaJRU 912 $a9910213848803321 996 $aMaking Mala$92220233 997 $aUNINA