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On Fiji Islands

Ronald Wright

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English
Eland Publishing Ltd
15 October 2021
In little more than a century, Fiji islanders have made the transition from cannibalism to Christianity, from colony to flourishing self-government, without losing their own culture. As Ronald Wright observes, societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that did, and often used this fact as an excuse to conquer, kill and enslave. Touring cities bustling with Indian merchants, quiet Fijian villages and taking part in communal ceremonies, he attributes the remarkable independence of Fiji to the fact that the indigenous social structure remains intact and eighty-three per cent of the land remains in local hands. 

Wright tells their story with wit and evident pleasure. 

'Ronald Wright's skills as an ethnologist, political historian, and travel writer have found an ideal outlet ... an excellent book.' - The Independent

'Ronald Wright is a superb travel writer with a vivid historical imagination.' - TLS

'I'll gladly go with Wright wherever he goes next.' - Washington Post
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Imprint:   Eland Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
ISBN:   9781780601595
ISBN 10:   178060159X
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ronald Wright is the author of ten books of fiction, history, essays and travel published in eighteen languages and more than forty countries. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won Britan's David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen as a book of the year by the Sunday Times and the New York Times. Wright's CBC Massey Lectures, A Short History of Progress, won the Libris Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year and inspired Martin Scorsese's 2011 documentary film Surviving Progress. His other bestsellers include Time Among the Maya and Stolen Continents, chosen as a book of the year by the Independent and the Sunday Times. His latest work is The Gold Eaters, a novel set during the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire. Born in England to British and Canadian parents, Wright lives on Canada's west coast.

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