Hamish McDonald 
Melanesia [EPUB ebook] 
Travels in Black Oceania

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Stretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1, 200 language groups, many of them still isolated from the outside world. This complex region tends to make the news only in times of crisis: military coups in Fiji, Kanak unrest in New Caledonia, rioting in the Solomon Islands. Melanesiaoffers readers a deeper insight into the people and places behind these headlines, combining travelogue, history and astute political analysis.

By land and sea, Hamish Mc Donald travels from one end of Melanesia to the other, uncovering the histories, values, aspirations and tensions that have shaped the region. He examines the impact of outsiders on local communities: the Indians recruited to work in Fiji; the white ‘blackbirders’ who kidnapped Melanesians to labour in Australian cane fields; the Americans during the Second World War; the Indonesians in New Guinea. And he considers the big changes unfolding today, as shifting demographics and the growing influence of China produce a new balance of power across the region.

Vividly written,  Melanesia is essential reading for anyone looking to understand this fascinating part of the world and its growing international significance.

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Despre autor

Hamish Mc Donald
 is an award-winning Australian journalist. He has been correspondent and foreign editor 
for The Sydney Morning Herald
 and the 
Far Eastern Economic Review
, reporting from the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, India and China. His books include 
The Polyester Prince
 and 
Demokrasi: Indonesia in the 21st Century.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 336 ● ISBN 9781805263975 ● Editura Hurst Publishers ● Publicat 2025 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 10212704 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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