Fiji a place called home
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra, Australia :
ANU Press
2014
2014. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435013506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
