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

Brij V. Lal

University of Hawaii Press, Oct 1, 1992 - History - 424 pages

“[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

Contents

• The Second Coming 19001920: xvii
• Shaking the Tree: xviii
• Lala: xx
• Taxation: xxii
• Trading: 4
• Fijian Labor Laws: 5
• Land and Land Reform: 6
• European Planters and Federation: 11
• Girmit and Free: 16
• Protest War and Death: 23
• Manilal Doctor: 24
• Apolosi Nawai: 26
• World War I: 32
• Influenza: 35
• The Foundations Challenged 19201939: 38
• Population and Its Politics: 41
• Questions and Problems: 43
• Viti Cauravou: 50
• From Indians to IndoFijians: 52
• The 1920 Strike: 58
• Round One: 59
• Education: 61
• Electoral Representation: 64
• Land and Land Tenure: 74
• The Colonial World: 78
• For King and Country 19391959: 84
• War: 85
• The War in Nadi: 89
• For King and Country: 93
• Round Two: 101
• Native Land and Fijian Affairs: 110
• The Politics of the Deed of Cession: 115
• Race Relations in the 1950s: 119
• War in Malaya: 125
• Social Change: 127
• Education: 134
• Winds of Change 19591969: 140
• The 1959 Strike: 141
• Round Three: 145
• Commissions of Inquiry: 156
• Toward SelfGovernment: 162
• The 1965 Constitutional Conference: 171
• Elections and Byelections: 176
• The End of an Era: 182
• The Center Cannot Hold 19701987: 190
• Tentative Honeymoon: 194
• The Street Commission and the Constitution: 197
• The Issue of Land Yet Again: 200
• The Politics of Balance: 203
• Butadroka Racism and the Elections: 211
• New Wine in Old Bottles: 218
• A Government of National Unity: 219
• Western Regionalism Elections and Aftermath: 221
• Consolidation and Fragmentation: 227
• Fiji Labour Party Coalition and Campaign: 234
• Things Fall Apart The 1987 Crisis: 243
• Coalition Government: 245
• The Rise of Taukei Militancy: 247
• The Coup and a Week After: 251
• Coalition and Other Reactions: 255
• Seeking a Constitutional Solution: 260
• The September Coup and the Birth of the Fiji Republic: 267
• The Causes of the Coup: 272
• The Principal Players: 280
• Broken Waves: 292
• Population and Trade Statistics: 311
• Notes: 321
• Glossary: 353
• Bibliography: 357
• Index: 373

Popular passages

Page xxiii - in the Department of Pacific and Southeast Asian History in the Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University. I could

Page xxiv - A man's destination is not his destiny, Every country is home to one man And exile to another. Where a man dies bravely At one with his destiny, that soil is his.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Broken Waves: A History of the Fiji Islands in the Twentieth Century; Volume 12 of Pacific Islands Monograph Series
• Author: Brij V. Lal
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 1992
• ISBN: 0824814185, 9780824814182
• Length: 424 pages
• Subjects: History / Modern / 20th Century / General; History / Oceania