Table of contents for Colonialism, development and independence: the case of the Melanesian islands in the South Pacific [by] H. C. Brookfield.
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List of figures; Preface; Note on conventions; 1. On colonialism and development; 2. Colonial beginnings; 3 Diffusion and establishment; 4. High noon: Melanesia in a white man's world; 5. Tremors from faraway convulsions - 1905-1920; 6. The ills of mercantilism; 7. Hard times and new beginnings; 8. Trauma - 1940-1946; 9. The Hasluck period and the new colonialism; 10. The advance toward political independence; 11. The deepening commercial colonization of Melanesia; 12. The face of pluralism in Melanesia; 13. Melanesian reaction; 14. A view of the Third World; 15. Perils and prospects; Epilogue: toward an understanding of colonialism; Statistical appendix; List of references; Index.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Melanesia -- Economic conditions.
Melanesia -- Politics and government.
Melanesia -- Social conditions.