TY - BOOK AU - Brookfield,H.C. TI - Colonialism, development and independence: the case of the Melanesian islands in the South Pacific SN - 0521143888 AV - HC683 U1 - 325.30995 22 PY - 1972///] CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Melanesia KW - Economic conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Digitally reprinted from the original in 2010 N2 - "This 1972 book takes Western Pacific island territories as a case study in the behavioural understanding of colonialism. "--Publisher's website ER -