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ISBN: PB: 9781849048415

Hurst Publishers

July 2017

256 pp.

21.6x13.8 cm

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£14,99
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Seychelles Since 1770

History of a Slave and Post-Slavery Society

For sale in CIS only!

A comprehensive history of the Seychelles, this volume traces its periods of colonisation by France and Britain, the immobile years of the twentieth century, the granting of independence in 1976, and the social changes precipitated by tourism in the late-1990s.

About the Author

Deryck Scarr of the Emeritus Faculty at ANU in Canberra is the author of books on Seychelles, the Mascareignes, and Pacific Islands. He first worked in Suva's extensive archives in 1962-3 and has spent a good deal of time in Fiji since then.