ABSTRACT

This study concerns the differentials of economic growth among the Fijian people. It brings together relevant factors drawn from social, cultural, economic and political analysis. As a case study in economic growth, it portrays the interplay between individuals and the social and economic conditions which surround them, and demonstrates the limitations of the institutions within which they function. Controversial points of interpretation are discussed and supported with documentation gathered from field-work.
Originally published in 1964.

part I|35 pages

Prolegomena

chapter 1|13 pages

The Fijian Way of Life: A Romance

chapter 2|7 pages

A View of Fiji and the Sigatoka Region

chapter 3|13 pages

The Village and Social Structure

part II|73 pages

Enterprise Emergent

chapter 4|6 pages

The Nadroga Banana Venture

chapter 5|18 pages

Bureaucracy Guides Enterprise

chapter 6|14 pages

Fijian Corporate Organizations

chapter 7|6 pages

Sugar: Company Paternalism

chapter 8|19 pages

Experiments of the Fijian Farmer

chapter 9|7 pages

Market Middlemen

part III|156 pages

Factors of Growth and Stasis

chapter 10|6 pages

Conservatism or Change?

chapter 11|4 pages

The Preference for Leisure

chapter 12|3 pages

The Ambiguity of Communalism

chapter 13|28 pages

The Ambiguity of Communalism

chapter 14|6 pages

Belief and the Spirit of Enterprise

chapter 15|21 pages

The Supply of Labour

chapter 16|24 pages

Manipulation of Land

chapter 17|15 pages

Capital and the Supply of Credit

chapter 18|19 pages

Fijian Bureaucracy

chapter 19|18 pages

Social Services and the Church

chapter 20|10 pages

Communication, Verbal and Physical

part III|22 pages

Conclusion

chapter 21|20 pages

Under the Ivi Tree