The Kanak Awakening: The Rise of Nationalism in New Caledonia
(Part of the Pacific Islands Monograph Series Series)
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In 1853, France annexed the Melanesian islands of New Caledonia to establish a convict colony and strategic port of call. Unlike other European settler-dominated countries in the Pacific, the territory's indigenous people remained more numerous than immigrants for over a century. Despite military conquest, land dispossession, and epidemics, its thirty language groups survived on tribal reserves and nurtured customary traditions and identities...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0824838181
ISBN13:9780824838188
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.49 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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