Bridging mental boundaries in a postcolonial microcosm : identity and development in Vanuatu

Bridging mental boundaries in a postcolonial microcosm : identity and development in Vanuatu /

The South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu simultaneously experienced the two major types of colonialism of the modern era (British and French), the only instance in which these colonial powers jointly ruled the same people in the same territory over an extended period of time. This, in addition to it...

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Main Author: Miles, William F. S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Postcolonialism > Vanuatu.
Nationalism > Vanuatu.
National characteristics, Vanuatuan.
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Nationalism
Postcolonialism
Nationalismus
Entkolonialisierung
Sozialer Konflikt
Nationale identiteit.
Postkolonialisme.
Nationalisme > Vanuatu.
Postcolonialisme.
Vanuatu > History.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu > Histoire.
Vanuatu > Influence coloniale.
Humaniora > Historie.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps, Tables, and Figures
  • Foreword
  • Preface: Choosing Vanuatu
  • Introduction Boundaries, Juridical and Mental
  • Chapter 1. Mental Rivalries and Condocolonialism
  • Chapter 2. Nationalism, Kastom, and Other Boundaries of Identity
  • Chapter 3. Religious Boundaries Constructed and Bridged
  • Chapter 4. Language, Education, and National Identity
  • Chapter 5. New Boundaries in Space, Time, Law, Gender, and Race
  • Chapter 6. Global Boundaries in the Microcosm
  • Appendix A: Excerpts from the Convention Establishing the New Hebrides Condominium
  • Appendix B: Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu
  • Persons Interviewed
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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