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Pacific Forest

Originally published in 2000, Pacific Forest explores the use of the forests of the Solomon Islands from the prehistoric period up to the end of 1997 when much of the indigenous commercial forest had been logged. It is the first study of the history of the forest in any Pacific Island; the first analysis of the indigenous and British colonial perceptions of the Melanesian forest; and the first critical analysis for this region, not only of colonial forest policies but of later policies and practices which made the governments of independence exploiters of their own people. Pacific Forest addresses a range of evidence drawn from several disciplines and is a major contribution to environmental history.

About the author

Judy Bennett, an Australian living in New Zealand, grows roses and vegetables and teaches history at the University of Otago, Dunedin in Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island). In the 1970s, after teaching for some years in Papua New Guinea, she extended her interest in Pacific History through her post-graduate work, which led her to the Solomon Islands. Outcomes of this were her award-winning book, Wealth of the Solomons: A History of a Pacific Archipelago, c. 1800-1978 (Honolulu, 1987), a classic in its field, as well as two books for Solomons’ high school students. She has written also on aspects of labour history in Hawaii, Solomons, Fiji, and Queensland and on colonial administration in New Guinea.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	Ingram Publisher Services UK (NBNi)
Pm Publisher	White Horse Press
Pm Isbn 10	1912186543
Pm Isbn 13	9781912186549
Pm Publication Date	2022-03-15
Pm Width	168
Pm Height	33
Pm Author	Bennett,Judith A
Pm Longness	260

A History of Resource Control and Contest in Solomon Islands, c. 1800-1997
Key Info: 96 b/w illustrations, 15 b/w maps
Author: Bennett,Judith A
Page Count: 530
Publication Date: 2022-03-15