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Broken Waves: A History of the Fiji Islands in the Twentieth Century

Brij V. Lal
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A magisterial history of twentieth-century Fiji is presented in this paper, where the authors present a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable and the earlier available materials often reframed in thought-provoking ways.
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"[A] magisterial history of twentieth-century Fiji.... The historical research is thorough and scrupulous, and the presentation is lucid. Lal brings together a wealth of information, much of it previously unavailable and the earlier available materials often reframed in thought-provoking ways.... Perhaps its greatest strength is that is presents the history of modern Fiji as very complicated and multifaceted." --The Contemporary Pacific Pacific Islands Monograph Series No.11 Published in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i

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