Includes bibliographical references and index.

An historical and geographical profile of Fiji from settlement, to early European contact, to indepedence, to the 1987 Coup and beyond. Introduces the social, political and economic factors that drive today's Fiji. Suggested level: secondary.

FIJIAN PRONUNCIATION -- pt. 1. HISTORY OF FIJI -- Ch. 1. The settlement of the Pacific -- Ch. 2. The culture and society of early Fiji -- Ch. 3. Europeans arrive in the Pacific -- Ch. 4. Early European contact -- Ch. 5. The rise of Ma'afu and Cakobau -- Ch. 6. Experiments in government -- Ch. 7. The early labour trade -- Ch. 8. Cession and the following years -- Ch. 9. Fijian administration after cession -- Ch. 10. The early sugar industry -- Ch. 11. Moving toward independence -- Ch. 12. Fiji after independence -- Ch. 13. Contemporary Fijian history -- Ch. 14. The Pacific in the nineteenth century -- colonialism -- Ch. 15. The Pacific in the twentieth century -- to 1945 -- Ch. 16. The pacific in the twentieth century -- after 1945 -- Ch. 17. Looking back -- patterns and themes in Pacific history -- APPENDIX A. The deed of cession Fiji to Great Britain -- APPENDIX B. The flag of independent Fiji -- pt. 2. GEOGRAPHY OF FIJI -- Ch. 18. Fiji in the Pacific -- Ch. 19. Population -- Ch. 20. Urbanisation -- Ch. 21. Factors affecting land use -- Ch. 22. Land use : agriculture and farming -- Ch. 23. Marine resources -- Ch. 24. Natural disasters -- Ch. 25. Forestry -- Ch. 26. Mining -- Ch. 27. Energy -- Ch. 28. Manufacturing -- Ch. 29. Tourism -- Ch. 30. Transport and communications -- Ch. 31. Trade -- APPENDIX A. The local area survey -- APPENDIX B. Abbreviations and acronyms.