Broken waves : a history of the Fiji Islands in the twentieth century / Brij V. Lal. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lal, Brij V.

Contributor:

Pacific Islands Studies Center.

University of Hawaii at Manoa. School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies.

Series:

Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 11

Pacific Islands monograph series Broken waves

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiji--History.

Fiji.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 404 p. ) ill., maps (some col.) ;

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor's Note

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Conventions

Introduction

1 The Second Coming: 1900-1920

2 The Foundations Challenged: 1920-1939

3 For King and Country: 1939-1959

4 Winds of Change: 1959-1969

5 The Center Cannot Hold: 1970-1987

6 Things Fall Apart: The 1987 Crisis

7 Broken Waves

Appendix: Population and Trade Statistics

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

OTHER VOLUMES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS MONOGRAPH SERIES

Notes:

"Center for Pacific Islands Studies; School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-395) and index.

ISBN:

0-8248-4689-3

0-585-27997-7

OCLC:

1322124481