Consuming Ocean Island : stories of people and phosphate from Banaba / Katerina Martina Teaiwa.

Consuming Ocean Island : stories of people and phosphate from Banaba / Katerina Martina Teaiwa.

9780253014443
9780253014528
9780253014603 (electronic book)

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]

©2015

English

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations.

DU615 .T45 2015eb

996.81

"Consuming Ocean Island tells the story of the land and people of Banaba, a small Pacific island, which, from 1900 to 1980, was heavily mined for phosphate, an essential ingredient in fertilizer. As mining stripped away the island's surface, the land was rendered uninhabitable, and the indigenous Banabans were relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. Katerina Martina Teaiwa tells the story of this human and ecological calamity by weaving together memories, records, and images from displaced islanders, colonial administrators, and employees of the mining company. Her compelling narrative reminds us of what is at stake whenever the interests of industrial agriculture and indigenous minorities come into conflict. The Banaban experience offers insight into the plight of other island peoples facing forced migration as a result of human impact on the environment"-- Provided by publisher.

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