Author: Alfred Cort HaddonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Reports
Author: Alfred Cort HaddonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
A Political Memoir of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides
Author: Keith WoodwardPublisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 192502220X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Keith Woodward has produced an inside account of the intricacies of official politics in the latter stages of the history of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, which will be essential reading for anyone interested in the colonial period of Vanuatu. Woodward spent 25 years in the New Hebrides (1953 to 1978) based in the British Residency and it is his long service which makes his memoir so informative and important. Following a fascinating and insightful description of Port Vila and the New Hebrides when he arrived in the 1950s, Woodward focuses the rest of his memoir on issues relating to the difficulties the British faced in convincing the French that the two powers should come to an agreement on decolonisation of the New Hebrides—that is, to establish a process of constitutional advancement leading ultimately to independence. — Howard Van Trease, Honorary Research Fellow, Emalus Campus, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila This is a highly original, evocative and engaging memoir which offers an insightful firsthand account of colonial administration, bilateral French and British relations, political change and decolonisation in Vanuatu. It addresses some lacunae in the historiography of Vanuatu and dispels a number of assumptions about French intentions there. It will be of great benefit to people interested in Vanuatu, and more broadly in political change in the Pacific, constitutional arrangements, decolonisation, French-British relations, and particularly the divergent colonial policies of France and the United Kingdom. — Gregory Rawlings, Anthropology, University of Otago
Economic Survey of the New Hebrides
Author: John Stuart Gladstone WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vanuatu
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
General study of the economy of the Vanuatu - covers plantations, marketing of agricultural products, labour force, transport, telecommunications, fisherys, the manufacturing industry, agriculture, banking, trade, fiscal policy, etc. Statistical tables, and references.
Daily Consular and Trade Reports
Author: Commerce Reports
Author: Colonial Reports--annual
Author: Minutes of Proceedings
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides
Author: Niall SharplesPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789250498
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to drastic changes. The islands were systematically ravaged by Viking raiders and then colonised by Norse settlers. In the following centuries the islanders were central to the emergence of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles, played a crucial role in the development of the Lordship of the Isles and were finally assimilated into the Kingdom of Scotland. This volume explores the stratigraphic sequence uncovered by the excavation of Bornais mounds 2 and 2A. The excavation of mound 2 revealed a sequence of high status buildings that span the Norse occupation of the settlement. One of these houses, constructed at the end of the eleventh century AD, was a well preserved bow-walled longhouse and the careful excavation and detailed recording of the floor layers has revealed a wealth of finds that provides invaluable insight into the activities taking place in this building. The final house in this sequence is very different in form and use, and clearly indicates the increasing Scottish influence on the region at the beginning of the thirteenth century. The excavation of mound 2A provides an insight into the less prestigious areas of the settlement and contributes a significant amount of evidence on the settlement economy. The area was initially cultivated before it became a settlement local and throughout its life a focus on agricultural activities, such as grain drying and processing, appears to have been important. In the thirteenth century the mound was occupied by a craftsman who produced composite combs, gaming pieces and simple tools. The evidence presented in this volume makes a major contribution to the understanding of Norse Scotland and the colonisation of the North Atlantic in a period of dramatic transformations.
The Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society
Author: British and Foreign Bible SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Vols. 1-64 include extracts from correspondence.
Reports of the Boards
Author: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description