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The world upside down : the inner workings of colonial systems inside the South Pacific Islands / Jean Guiart.

Title
The world upside down : the inner workings of colonial systems inside the South Pacific Islands / Jean Guiart.
Author
Guiart, Jean
Publication
  • Pape'ete, [French Polynesia] Te pito o te fenua, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Description
462 pages : illustrations (some coloured), 1 map, portraits (some coloured), 1 genealogical table; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Colonies > Oceania
  • Colonization
  • Colonies
  • Colonization
  • Oceania
Note
  • "This is a pre-publication discussion copy" -- Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [443]-460)
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From France to the South Pacific -- Unheralded aspects of segregation -- Missionary pioneers -- Colonial governments -- White sedition on Espiritu Santo -- A drama of ambiguity : ouvea -- The viewpoint of the islanders -- Jacob's ladder : economic development by the islanders -- Prophetic cults and the millenarian movements -- Mixing blood and blending cultures.
ISBN
9791093659015
OCLC
935210290
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library