Unsung land, aspiring nation : journeys in Bougainville /
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Author / Creator: | Peake, Gordon P. (Gordon Patrick), 1973- author. |
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Imprint: | Canberra, Australia : Australian National University, ANU Press, [2022] |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pacific series Pacific series. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13347784 |
ISBN: | 9781760465445 1760465445 9781760465438 |
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Open Access National edeposit: Available online Unrestricted online access. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 12, 2023). |
Summary: | In 2016, Gordon Peake answers a job advertisement for a role with the government of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, a collection of islands on the eastern fringe of Papua New Guinea looking to strike out as a country of its own. Blending narrative history, travelogue and personal reminiscences, Unsung Land, Aspiring Nation is an engaging memoir as well as an insightful meditation on the realities of nation-making and international development. |
Other form: | Print version: Unsung land, aspiring nation : journeys in Bougainville. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2022 9781760465438 |
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