Book
New Caledonia or Kanaky?: the political history of a French colony
National Centre for Development Studies, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University • Canberra • Published In 1987 • Pages: xx, 493
By: Connell, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive political and economic history of New Caledonia, beginning from the contact period. Although some prehistory and descriptions of traditional culture are included, most of the book focuses on the post-World War II period.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Real property
- Ethnic stratification
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Dependencies
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Political parties
- Elections
- Political movements
- Revolution
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kanak
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978, 1981-1984, 1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1853-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Caledonia
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Connell
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-493)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--New Caledonia