Malaita : a pictorial history from Solomon Islands /

Malaita : a pictorial history from Solomon Islands /

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Author / Creator:	Burt, Ben, author, compiler.
Imprint:	London : The British Museum, [2015] ©2015
Description:	viii, 224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Research publication ; 201 Research publication (British Museum) ; no. 201.
Subject:	Manners and customs. Malaita Province (Solomon Islands) -- History -- Pictorial works. Malaita Province (Solomon Islands) -- Pictorial works. Malaita Province (Solomon Islands) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. Solomon Islands -- Malaita Province. History. Pictorial works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10522582

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Other authors / contributors:	British Museum, current owner, issuing body.
ISBN:	9780861592012 0861592018
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and indexes.
Summary:	Malaita' traces the history and culture of a Pacific island from the 19th to 21st centuries through over 600 images drawn from the archives of the British Museum and public and private photographic collections around the world. This book explores Malaita as it was represented to the wider world through photographs, artefacts, maps and drawings over a period of 150 years. Malaitans have been portrayed as exotic natives and migrant workers, as Christian converts and colonial subjects, and as ordinary people leading a distinctive way of life in a rapidly changing society. The colonisation of Malaita through the work of missions, government and business in the early twentieth century, the upheavals of the Second World War and the economic and political developments that followed were documented in thousands of photos. Thousands more were made by anthropologists researching detailed studies of local culture in the second half of the 20th century. As Malaitans migrated to neighbouring Guadalcanal to participate in the commercial development of Solomon Islands, a civil conflict in the early 21st century was followed by renewed efforts to build upon their ancestral culture for the peaceful development of their island. This book is an image-led and accessible narrative that provides fascinating new insights into the history of a Pacific island and will be an essential reference for researchers, students and general readers with an interest in the anthropology and history of Melanesia and the Pacific Islands.

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