Book
Land and politics in New Caledonia
Dept. of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University • Canberra • Published In 1982 • Pages: iv, 86
By: Ward, Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article about the colonial history of New Caledonia focuses on the politics of the post-World War II period, which was marked by demographic changes, a dominant mining industry and interests, a struggle over the "land question" and land reform, and a striving for independence.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Economic planning and development
- Real property
- Political parties
- Deliberative councils
- Political movements
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Caledonia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alan Ward
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98165561
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Land reform--New Caledonia
- Land tenure--New Caledonia
- New Caledonia--Politics and government