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050		4	_aHD4875.F55.B43 2017
100	1		_aMunro, Doug.
245	1	0	_aBearing Witness : _bEssays in Honour of Brij V. Lal.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCanberra : _bANU Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a1 online resource (350 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aState, Society and Governance in Melanesia Series
505	0		_aIntro -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Brij Over Troubled Waters -- Editors' Introduction -- In His Own Words -- 1. Indenture and Contemporary Fiji -- 2. From the Sidelines -- 3. Curtain Call -- Indenture -- 4. Brij V. Lal: Rooting for History -- 5. Girmitiyas and my Discovery of India -- 6. Reflections on Brij Lal's Girmityas: The Origins of the Fiji Indians -- Fiji Politics -- 7. A Political Paradox: The Common Franchise Question and Ethnic Conflict in Fiji's Decolonisation -- 8. Constituting Common Futures: Reflecting from Singapore about Decolonisation in Fiji -- 9. Ethnicity, Politics and Constitutions in Fiji -- 10. The Fiji Election of 2014: Rights, Representation and Legitimacy in Fiji Politics -- Family Album -- Literature -- 11. Unfettering the Mind: Imagination, Creative Writing and the Art of the Historian -- 12. Autobiography and Faction -- Tributes -- 13. Aloha e Brij -- 14. In the Shadow of the Master Carver -- 15. Meetings with the Three Lals: That's Brij Lal, Professor Lal and Brij V. Lal -- 16. The Boy from Labasa -- 17. My Fijian Wantok -- He is the Very Model of a Pacific Historian -- Bibliography of Brij V. Lal's Academic Writings.
520			_aThis Festschrift volume celebrates, reflects upon and extends the life and work of this colourful scholar. The essays, whose contributors are drawn from across the globe, do more than review Brij V. Lal's work; they also probe his contribution to both scholarly and political life.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aFestschriften.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aCorbett, Jack.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMunro, Doug _tBearing Witness _dCanberra : ANU Press,c2017 _z9781760461218
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aState, Society and Governance in Melanesia Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5017572 _zClick to View
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