Islands, Islanders & the World:Fiji: The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji (Cambridge Human Geography) - Softcover

Bayliss-Smith, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521030080 ISBN 13: 9780521030083

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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Islands, Islanders and the World The authors examine the environmental, social and economic aspects of colonial and post-colonial experience in Fiji. Full description

Book Description

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. They also 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521030080
• ISBN 13: 9780521030083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344