{"product_id":"islands-islanders-and-the-world-the-colonial-and-post-colonial-experience-of-eastern-fiji-paperback-9780521030083","title":"Islands, Islanders and the World; The Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521030083","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIslands, Islanders and the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Colonial and Post-colonial Experience of Eastern Fiji\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe authors examine the environmental, social and economic aspects of colonial and post-colonial experience in Fiji.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTim Bayliss-Smith (Author), Richard Bedford (Author), Harold Brookfield (Author), Marc Latham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521030083, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.533 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFiji 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Foreword: the MAB Programme and the Eastern Fiji Project G. Glaser\u003cbr\u003e Editorial note\u003cbr\u003e 1. On the study of islands, people and events\u003cbr\u003e 2. The island landscape\u003cbr\u003e 3. Capitalism and colonialism in the periphery\u003cbr\u003e 4. Physical and economic externalities and their impact\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vulnerability in a changing society\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pampered periphery?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Villages of adaptation: Batiki and Kabara\u003cbr\u003e 8. Adaptation or stagnation? the case of Koro\u003cbr\u003e 9. Villages of change: Taveuni and Lakeba\u003cbr\u003e 10. Regional development for an island periphery\u003cbr\u003e 11. Island studies and geography\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: publications of the UNESCO\/UNFPA Easter Fiji Project\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Human geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20geography%20%5BRGC%5D%22\"\u003eRGC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006215344408,"sku":"9780521030083","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521030083i_ff66b5f3-2eb3-4eca-b37d-dcb6a864a149.jpg?v=1694964901","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/islands-islanders-and-the-world-the-colonial-and-post-colonial-experience-of-eastern-fiji-paperback-9780521030083","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}