On the edge of the global : modern anxieties in a pacific island nation

Life in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties. Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of "progress" and "development&qu...

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Main Author: Besnier, Niko
Format: EBOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Stanford University Press 2011
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