The Fijian colonial experience a study of the neotraditional order under British colonial rule prior to World War II
Indigenous Fijians were singularly fortunate in having a colonial administration that halted the alienation of communally owned land to foreign settlers and that, almost for a century, administered their affairs in their own language and through culturally congenial authority structures and institut...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Acton, Australia :
ANU Press
2016
[2016] |
| Colección: | Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009439560606719 |
| Sumario: | Indigenous Fijians were singularly fortunate in having a colonial administration that halted the alienation of communally owned land to foreign settlers and that, almost for a century, administered their affairs in their own language and through culturally congenial authority structures and institutions. From the outset, the Fijian Administration was criticised as paternalistic and stifling of individualism. But for all its problems it sustained, at least until World War II, a vigorously autonomous and peaceful social and political world in quite affluent subsistence -- underpinning the celebrated exuberance of the culture exploited by the travel industry ever since |
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| Notas: | "First published 1982 by the Australian Nation University."--Copyright page. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages) : maps Also available in print form |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) |
| ISBN: | 9781921934360 |
