Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaitan Kastom /

Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaitan Kastom / / David W. Akin.

This book is a political history of the island of Malaita in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1927, when the last violent resistance to colonial rule was crushed, to 1953 and the inauguration of the island's first representative political body, the Malaita Council. At the book'...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
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Akin, David W.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Pacific Islands Monographs Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (624 p.) :; 21 illus., 3 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Spellings and Translation
  • Regarding the Endnotes
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Half Century Before
  • Chapter 2. Early Native Administration: Coping with Custom
  • Chapter 3. Colonial Experiments and Mounting Resentments
  • Chapter 4. The Wartime Opening
  • Chapter 5. The Rise of Maasina Rule
  • Chapter 6. Maasina Rule and the Government
  • Chapter 7. Suppression and Resistance
  • Chapter 8. Attrition and Compromise
  • Chapter 9. Gains and Losses
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Other Volumes in The Pacific Islands Monograph Series
  • About the Author

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