Consuming Ocean Island : stories of people and phosphate from Banaba / Katerina Martina Teaiwa.
Consuming Ocean Island : stories of people and phosphate from Banaba / Katerina Martina Teaiwa.
Consuming Ocean Island : stories of people and phosphate from Banaba / Katerina Martina Teaiwa.
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Date
2014.
Call Numbers
G 2015/4174
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Series
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans were relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. Kate...
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Consuming Ocean Island : stories of people and phosphate from Banaba / Katerina Martina Teaiwa.
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Tracking globalization.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.
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G 2015/4174
Record Identifier
74VKR8my5Edg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR8my5Edg
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ISBN
9780253014443 (hardback)
0253014441 (hardback)
9780253014528 (pb)
0253014522 (pb)
DDC
996.81
MMS ID
991023229529702626
