ISBN:
9781760462673
,
1760462675
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 563 pages)
,
1 colour illustration
Series Statement:
Pacific Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lal, Brij V Levelling Wind : Remembering Fiji
DDC:
996.11
Keywords:
Lal, Brij V
;
Lal, Brij V
;
Manners and customs
;
Politics and government
;
Fiji
;
Fiji Social life and customs
;
Fiji Politics and government
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
'For the loser now will be later to win' / Doug Munro, University of Queensland -- Ni Sa Bula / Namaskar / G'Day -- Past Present: Indenture and its Legacy. 1. Memories of indenture -- 2. 'Such a long journey': The story of indenture -- 3. The Tamarind Tree -- 4. 'A most callous indifference' -- 5. Transitions and transformations -- 6. Illusion of hope: Aisha and Bhaskar / Padma Narsey Lal -- 7. 'The burden of remembrance' -- 8. Frequent flyers -- 9. Mr Arjun goes to Australia -- 10. 'The children of the wind' -- Future Tense: Witnessing History. 11. While the gun is still smoking -- 12. The road to independence -- 13. Where has all the music gone? -- 14. Towards a united future -- 15. George Speight's putsch improbable -- 16. Laisenia Qarase's missed chance -- 17. A coup by any other name -- 18. Entrenching illegality -- 19. The strange career of a 'clean-up' coup -- 20. Between a rock and a hard place -- Retrospection. 21. Exile and a land of memory: Brij V. Lal, Indo-Fijian scholar activist / C.K. Chen -- 22. 'Of exits and entrances' : In dialogue with Doug Munro -- 23. ANU made me, but which ANU is mine?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-561)
