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...diverse legacies in the towns they established, and the policies of post-colonial governments have manifested the dynamic interplay of particular colonial histories, a wide cultural diversity and the influence of the 'development' strategies of foreign powers with vested influences in the region. Towns such as Port Moresby, Suva and Apia may share an ocean, but they are worlds apart in character and outlook, and their differences, rather than their commonalities, have been the preoccupation of social scientists. This book handily brings together the kind of material which Oceanists have hitherto had to glean from literature which either devoted itself to a single nation or generalised to the constellations of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. It enables us to usefully...
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