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  • INDIANS IN FIJI 1879 TO 2004: The Story Of Suffering And Struggling. by Bozelle, Leonore.
    Bozelle, Leonore.
    INDIANS IN FIJI 1879 TO 2004: The Story Of Suffering And Struggling.

    Edition: A trade paperback original.

    By the author, (2021). Despite the inappropriate cover illustration, this is a serious study based on part on interviews with the descendants of the Girmitiyas, indentured workers from India who were brought to Fiji by the British from 1879-1919, primarily to work as laborers on sugar cane plantations. Between 1879 and 1916, a total of 60,000 Indians arrived in Fiji. Approximately 25,000 of these returned to India, but many remained in Fiji hoping for a better life. From 1900 onwards, some Indians arrived as free immigrants, who were mostly from the provinces of Gujarat, Sindh, and Punjab. This book reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers - the indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery…

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    By the author, (2021). Despite the inappropriate cover illustration, this is a serious study based on part on interviews with the descendants of the Girmitiyas, indentured workers from India who were brought to Fiji by the British from 1879-1919, primarily to work as laborers on sugar cane plantations. Between 1879 and 1916, a total of 60,000 Indians arrived in Fiji. Approximately 25,000 of these returned to India, but many remained in Fiji hoping for a better life. From 1900 onwards, some Indians arrived as free immigrants, who were mostly from the provinces of Gujarat, Sindh, and Punjab. This book reveals the horrific treatment of Indian indentured workers - the indenture system (Girmit) under which they were recruited was slavery by another name. Includes several appendices, one with a list of the ships which brought the Indians to Fiji, a glossary, notes and several pages of with photographs. Unpaginated (445 pp). ISBN: 979-8770093414.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86260
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  • THE LANGUAGES OF FIJI. by Schutz, Albert J., (Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii.)
    Schutz, Albert J., (Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii.)
    THE LANGUAGES OF FIJI.

    Edition: First printing.

    Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1972. Hardcover first edition - Frontispiece of Rev. David Cargill. Illustrated. Maps. Bibliography. Index.xii, 120 pp. ISBN: 0-19-8151365.

    Condition: Very good overall in dark blue cloth with rubbing to the spine, lacking the dj (prev owner's name,) Uncommon,

    Book ID: 47956
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  • CHANGES IN LATITUDE: An Uncommon Anthropology. by Varawa, Joana McIntyre.
    Varawa, Joana McIntyre.
    CHANGES IN LATITUDE: An Uncommon Anthropology.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Andre Deutsch, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj: "When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Much to her surprise, what she found was Male Varawa, a dark, handsome Fijian fisherman less than half her age.... Changes in Latitude follows Joana as she struggles to make real a long-aspired-to personal mythology based upon the integration of nature and a life well-lived....[It] documents the lush life of the torrid zone; an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and of a feisty American woman who adopts…

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    London: Andre Deutsch, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj: "When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Much to her surprise, what she found was Male Varawa, a dark, handsome Fijian fisherman less than half her age.... Changes in Latitude follows Joana as she struggles to make real a long-aspired-to personal mythology based upon the integration of nature and a life well-lived....[It] documents the lush life of the torrid zone; an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and of a feisty American woman who adopts it all, and shares it with us." Illustrated with photographs by the author. Notes on the language, glossary, xii, 274 pp. ISBN: 0-233-985077.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36860
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  • Varawa, Joana McIntyre.
    CHANGES IN LATITUDE: An Uncommon Anthropology.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (A Yolla Bolly Press book), (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj: "When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Much to her surprise, what she found was Male Varawa, a dark, handsome Fijian fisherman less than half her age.... Changes in Latitude follows Joana as she struggles to make real a long-aspired-to personal mythology based upon the integration of nature and a life well-lived....[It] documents the lush life of the torrid zone; an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and…

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    New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (A Yolla Bolly Press book), (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj: "When life as a harbourmaster in a Hawaiian out island began to seem too civilized, fifty-four-year-old Joana McIntyre uprooted herself to Fiji, in search of adventure and a new life. Much to her surprise, what she found was Male Varawa, a dark, handsome Fijian fisherman less than half her age.... Changes in Latitude follows Joana as she struggles to make real a long-aspired-to personal mythology based upon the integration of nature and a life well-lived....[It] documents the lush life of the torrid zone; an uncommon anthropology of the flora, fauna, rituals, passions, and day-to-day lives of the Fijian people, and of a feisty American woman who adopts it all, and shares it with us." Illustrated with photographs by the author. Notes on the language, glossary, xii, 274 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-3199.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37234
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