Islands, Islanders and the World - The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji (Paperback)

Fiji is a country whose recent political instability can be directly traced to its distinctive colonial and post-colonial experience. For one particular region of Fiji the authors examine the environmental, social and economic aspects of this experience, at scales ranging from national and regional to island, village and household. Discussions in Third World geography, regional economics and development planning have been full of rhetoric about 'underdevelopment', 'centre-periphery relations' and 'dependency', but seldom are the actual processes which give rise to these phenomena examined in detail. In this book the authors explore in depth the interrelations between the island landscape, the cultural geography of the islanders and the intrusive values and opportunities of the market economy. Some important lessons are to be learnt from the gap between what might be predicted from abstract theories of development and what is actually happening in the real world of politicians, planners, farmers and fishermen.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Human Geography
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	1988
Authors:	Tim Bayliss-Smith • Richard Bedford • Harold Brookfield • Marc Latham
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-03008-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-03008-0
Barcode:	9780521030083

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