Cinderellas of the empire: towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu / Barrie Macdonald.

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Bibliographic Details
Published:	[Suva, Fiji] : Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, c2001.
Main Author:	Macdonald, Barrie
Corporate Author:	University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies
Subjects:	Kiribati > History. Tuvalu > History.
Format:	Book

Cinderellas of the empire: towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu /

Table of Contents:

The islands and their people
Early contacts and the beginnings of trade
New gods, new laws: the arrival of Christian missions
The labour trade and imperial intervention
Pax Britannica: the beginnings of colonial rule, 1892-1908
The origins of bitterness: the Banabans and the mining of phosphate, 1900-1942
Imperial policy and the phosphate industry
Rigidity and reform: the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 1909-1941
The second world war and beyond
Policies for economic and social change
Local government: policy and practice, 1948-1976
Modern lifestyles
Towards self-government
The parting of the ways
Epilogue: from separation to independence.