Houses Far From Home : British Colonial Space in the New Hebrides /

The houses far from home featured in this book are located in Vanuatu, a chain of islands between Fiji and Australia in the southwest Pacific. Once known as the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, the islands were jointly administered by the British and French from 1906 to 1980. In this in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rodman Critchlow, Margaret (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2001]
Subjects:
British > Dwellings > Vanuatu.
Dwellings > Social aspects > Vanuatu.
Colonial administrators > Housing > Vanuatu.
Habitations > Aspect social > Vanuatu.
Administrateurs coloniaux > Logement > Vanuatu.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Dwellings > Social aspects.
Vanuatu.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. House of Bamboo
  • Chapter 2. The Condominium
  • Chapter 3. The British Residency
  • Chapter 4. Prisoners in Grass Houses
  • Chapter 5. The White House and the British Paddock
  • Chapter 6. The Tanna House
  • Chapter 7. On Islands off Islands
  • Chapter 8. Houses Far From Home
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Index

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