This 1994 book is a study of an important aspect of Pacific history
and political economy, the mining of gold and the development of an
indigenous labour force in Fiji from 1930 to 1970. The book focuses
on the town of Vatukoula, which is in the north-west of Fiji's
largest island Viti Levu and is the country's only company mining
town. Labour and Gold in Fiji examines the mechanics of the labour
market but also focuses on the ordinary working lives, experiences
and struggles of the mining community. By examining the impact of
gold mining in Fiji, the author extracts a number of important
themes significant to Fijian social and economic history and the
Third World in general. She traces the making and undoing of
working class indigenous mine labour in Fiji, discussing various
aspects of economic coercion as well as the social consequences of
Fijian incorporation into the colonial labour market.
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