Tu galala : social change in the Pacific / edited by David Robie.

Contributor(s):

Robie, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. ; Annandale, N.S.W. : Bridget Williams Books/Pluto Press Australia, 1992.Description: 233 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0908912145
9780908912148
0949138851
9780949138859

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.4099 20

Contents:

pt. 1. The Region -- pt. 2. Case studies.

Summary: The Pacific is in upheaval -- growing poverty, nuclear testing, independence struggles, militarisation and massive social dislocation are pressing, often intractable issues. In "Tu Galala" (meaning freedom), indigenous and palagi writers describe the impact of these influences on their people. Topics covered include the Bougainville crisis and the environmental impact of mining on indigenous communities in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea; hazardous waste dumping and the Johnson Atoll chemical weapons burn off controversy; human rights violations in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and East Timor; "development" in Kanaky/New Caledonia, and tino rangatiratanga in Aotearoa/New Zealand ..."--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 303.4 TUG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25030962

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.

pt. 1. The Region -- pt. 2. Case studies.

The Pacific is in upheaval -- growing poverty, nuclear testing, independence struggles, militarisation and massive social dislocation are pressing, often intractable issues. In "Tu Galala" (meaning freedom), indigenous and palagi writers describe the impact of these influences on their people. Topics covered include the Bougainville crisis and the environmental impact of mining on indigenous communities in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea; hazardous waste dumping and the Johnson Atoll chemical weapons burn off controversy; human rights violations in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and East Timor; "development" in Kanaky/New Caledonia, and tino rangatiratanga in Aotearoa/New Zealand ..."--Back cover.