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Glade Publishers, New Zealand, 2006. Revised Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Size: Large 8vo (9 to 11 inches). Binding tight. Minor marks/wear to book. ISBN: 0473114569. ISBN/EAN: 9780473114565. **Contact us BEFORE placing your order. You could save up to 12% of the Book cost. Click Ask Bookseller a Question*. 9780473114565.
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Tears in Paradise: Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 (2014)
EN PB USISBN: 9780473171148 bzw. 0473171147, in Englisch, 312 Seiten, 3. Ausgabe, Glade Publishers, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 1568499.
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Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 1568499.
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Tears in Paradise: Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 (2014)
EN PB NWISBN: 9780473171148 bzw. 0473171147, in Englisch, 312 Seiten, 3. Ausgabe, Glade Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 24 hours.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Amazon.com.
Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 1568499.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Amazon.com.
Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 1568499.
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Tears in Paradise: Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 (2014)
EN PB NWISBN: 9780473171148 bzw. 0473171147, in Englisch, 312 Seiten, 3. Ausgabe, Glade Publishers, Taschenbuch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 24 hours.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Amazon.com.
Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 392316.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Amazon.com.
Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 392316.
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Tears in Paradise: Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 (2014)
EN PB USISBN: 9780473171148 bzw. 0473171147, in Englisch, 312 Seiten, 3. Ausgabe, Glade Publishers, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, -Daily Deals-.
Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 392316.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, -Daily Deals-.
Tears in Paradise – Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers (Girmitiyas) in Fiji by the British from 1879-1919. Indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Working and living conditions were so atrocious that Fiji had the highest rate of suicide in the world and highest rate of infanticide among the colonies that deployed indentured labour. Author, Rajendra Prasad, a descendant of Girmitiya grandparents, graphically captures the suffering, struggles and sacrifices of the pioneer generation, “Overseer’s whip comes down upon her half-naked back and legs. The child is struck also. Both are crying…Barnicoat poured boiling water on Poligardu’s genitals…Blomfield bashed Naraini’s head on stones… her face covered in blood...” The British had recruited 60,965 Indians to work in the sugarcane plantations in Fiji. Deceit and deception was widely used in the recruitment process to trap the innocent, poor and ignorant peasants for countries they never knew or dreamt of going. It tore their hearts when they realized that it was separation from their motherland. In 1882 when ships Berar and Poonah I set sail for Fiji, fifteen recruits jumped overboard and drowned. In the ships, many fell sick and some died of homesickness. In the fields, they worked for long hours and ritually suffered whips, kicks and sticks of the white Overseers. Women in advanced stage of pregnancy were forced to work. Some gave birth in the fields and most were required to return to work within days of child birth. The rigors of plantation life changed their demeanour. Methodist missionary, Hannah Dudley, in her letter to the Indian leaders on November 4, 1912, asked for the abolition of the indenture system. She wrote, “I shall never forget the first time I saw ‘indentured’ women. They were returning from their day’s work. The look on those women’s faces haunts me…” The second part of the book captures the contemporary history of Fiji under the theme “An Uncertain Future”, echoing racial discrimination and marginalization of Indo-Fijians by successive Governments, as anxiety and insecurity about their future kept them on the edge. Tears in Paradise eloquently captures the gruesome events - suffering that will haunt, endurance that will challenge, violence that will confound and struggle that will inspire. One reader wrote, “…once in my hand, I could not put it down and cried at several places. It eloquently brought out the human element often missing in other historical publications on the subject.”, Paperback, Ausgabe: 3rd, revised, Label: Glade Publishers, Glade Publishers, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2014-10-01, Studio: Glade Publishers, Verkaufsrang: 392316.
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Tears in Paradise (2006)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780473114565 bzw. 0473114569, in Englisch, Glade Publishers, Auckland, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, BOPBooks [1703152], Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand.
First published in 2004, with this revised edition in 2006 "Tears in Paradise" carries the sub-title 'Unveiled Sufferings and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004' This had its origins in a system of indentured labour introduced by British colonial administrators to provide Indian workers for the Fijian sugar plantations. The first of these arrived in the late 1870s, supposedly on a five year indenture. However, many elected to remain in Fiji although it was far from the "paradise" they were led to believe awaited when recruited. Not only was the work extremely hard, but the Indians were subjected to whipping and other severe punishments, regularly inflicted on them by plantation supervisors. This in-depth study of the Indian-Fiji connection from the days of the indentured labour schemes to the contemporary situation regarding relations between the two major sector of the Fiji population (Indians and Fijians) is examined by the author, who was inspired to write it by a visit to India, on what he termed his 'Pilgrimage to My Ancestral Roots." He explores the early days of the Indian settlers in the Fiji group, their assimilation and the enormous contribution Indians made to commercial and agricultural development there. From the 1940s to the 1960s the number of Indo-Fijians exceeded that of the Fijian population. However, a series of military coups and changes of Government led to a rise in discrimination which caused many Indians to leave their Fijian homes to find a more secure and safer life elsewhere. In this impressive history of the fate of an ethnic group settled in the territory of another people, their varying experiences, the revelations of the darker aspercts of the colonial indentured labour scheme (1879 to 1919), the partial integration of the Indo-Fijian people, the end of the British colonial rule and the eventual rifts that developed between the two populations, in spite of the vital role the Indian people played in the ecomomic and commercial life of Fiji, which still is controlled by a military regime, are all traversed. A fascinating, and often harrowing, case-history of long-term developments from an unfortunate colonial past. Revised edition of 2006 of the 2004 first edition, published by Glade Publishers, Auckland, NZ, 296 pages including appendices, end notes, bibliography, glossary and index, 33 b/w photos in two collations, map. Colour pictorial card covers are VG+ wirh faint crease top front corner, also creased top corner to half title. Otherwise internally VG+, no inscriptions.
First published in 2004, with this revised edition in 2006 "Tears in Paradise" carries the sub-title 'Unveiled Sufferings and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004' This had its origins in a system of indentured labour introduced by British colonial administrators to provide Indian workers for the Fijian sugar plantations. The first of these arrived in the late 1870s, supposedly on a five year indenture. However, many elected to remain in Fiji although it was far from the "paradise" they were led to believe awaited when recruited. Not only was the work extremely hard, but the Indians were subjected to whipping and other severe punishments, regularly inflicted on them by plantation supervisors. This in-depth study of the Indian-Fiji connection from the days of the indentured labour schemes to the contemporary situation regarding relations between the two major sector of the Fiji population (Indians and Fijians) is examined by the author, who was inspired to write it by a visit to India, on what he termed his 'Pilgrimage to My Ancestral Roots." He explores the early days of the Indian settlers in the Fiji group, their assimilation and the enormous contribution Indians made to commercial and agricultural development there. From the 1940s to the 1960s the number of Indo-Fijians exceeded that of the Fijian population. However, a series of military coups and changes of Government led to a rise in discrimination which caused many Indians to leave their Fijian homes to find a more secure and safer life elsewhere. In this impressive history of the fate of an ethnic group settled in the territory of another people, their varying experiences, the revelations of the darker aspercts of the colonial indentured labour scheme (1879 to 1919), the partial integration of the Indo-Fijian people, the end of the British colonial rule and the eventual rifts that developed between the two populations, in spite of the vital role the Indian people played in the ecomomic and commercial life of Fiji, which still is controlled by a military regime, are all traversed. A fascinating, and often harrowing, case-history of long-term developments from an unfortunate colonial past. Revised edition of 2006 of the 2004 first edition, published by Glade Publishers, Auckland, NZ, 296 pages including appendices, end notes, bibliography, glossary and index, 33 b/w photos in two collations, map. Colour pictorial card covers are VG+ wirh faint crease top front corner, also creased top corner to half title. Otherwise internally VG+, no inscriptions.
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Tears in Paradise: Unveiled - Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji, 1879-2004.
EN PB USISBN: 9780473114565 bzw. 0473114569, in Englisch, Glade Publishers, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Monkey House Books.
Glade Publishers. Softcover.. Good. Wear to covers. With a new preface and epilogue by the author. Biography of prominent 20th century opera singer. 355 pages, index, 64 illustrations.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Monkey House Books.
Glade Publishers. Softcover.. Good. Wear to covers. With a new preface and epilogue by the author. Biography of prominent 20th century opera singer. 355 pages, index, 64 illustrations.
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Tears in Paradise: Unveiled - Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879-2004 (2006)
EN PB USISBN: 9780473114565 bzw. 0473114569, in Englisch, Glade Publishers, New Zealand, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Shiny Owl Books [3690094], Mona Vale, NSW, Australia.
Size: Large 8vo (9 to 11 inches). Binding tight. Minor marks/wear to book. ISBN: 0473114569. ISBN/EAN: 9780473114565.
Size: Large 8vo (9 to 11 inches). Binding tight. Minor marks/wear to book. ISBN: 0473114569. ISBN/EAN: 9780473114565.
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Tears in Paradise : Unveiled: Suffering and Struggles of Indians in Fiji 1879 - 2004 (2006)
EN USISBN: 9780473114565 bzw. 0473114569, in Englisch, Glade, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Oxfam Books Headingley - F0839 [5998506], Leeds, United Kingdom.
296pp Revised edition. Very good condition. Minor wear. %100 donated to charity.
296pp Revised edition. Very good condition. Minor wear. %100 donated to charity.
Lade…