New flags flying : Pacific leadership /
New flags flying : Pacific leadership /
edited by Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles.
- Wellington, N.Z. : Huia, 2012.
- xv, 325 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc
Accompanied by: audio CD.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Pacific overview -- Samoa -- The Cook Islands -- Naura -- Tonga -- Fiji -- Niue -- Papua New Guinea -- Solomon Islands -- Tuvalu -- Kiribati -- Vanuatu -- Federated States of Micronesia -- Marshall Islands -- Palau -- Perspectives of Pacific women -- Conclusion.
"Between 1960 and 1990, Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the USA decided to leave most of the islands they'd ruled for a hundred years. As they prepared to go, a handful of brave Pacific people - teachers, doctors, priests, chiefs, trade unionists - had to overcome exploitation, division and neglect and then lead their people forward into nationhood"--Back cover.
9781775500131 1775500136
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Self-determination, National--Oceania.
Decolonization--Oceania.
Statesmen--Oceania--Interviews.
Oceania--Politics and government--20th century.
Oceania--History--20th century.
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Accompanied by: audio CD.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Pacific overview -- Samoa -- The Cook Islands -- Naura -- Tonga -- Fiji -- Niue -- Papua New Guinea -- Solomon Islands -- Tuvalu -- Kiribati -- Vanuatu -- Federated States of Micronesia -- Marshall Islands -- Palau -- Perspectives of Pacific women -- Conclusion.
"Between 1960 and 1990, Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the USA decided to leave most of the islands they'd ruled for a hundred years. As they prepared to go, a handful of brave Pacific people - teachers, doctors, priests, chiefs, trade unionists - had to overcome exploitation, division and neglect and then lead their people forward into nationhood"--Back cover.
9781775500131 1775500136
2017431599
Self-determination, National--Oceania.
Decolonization--Oceania.
Statesmen--Oceania--Interviews.
Oceania--Politics and government--20th century.
Oceania--History--20th century.
320.150995