Nauru, Phosphate and Political Progress

Viviani, Nancy (1970). Nauru, Phosphate and Political Progress. Canberra: Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-7081-0765-2.

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Abstract: Controlled, protected, or occupied successively by Germ ans, Australians, British, and Japanese and then again by Australians under U.N. Trusteeship, all (except Germany) for the purpose of exploiting the island’s one resource — phosphate— Nauru is one of the smallest and most isolated islands in the Pacific, w ith a mere 3000 inhabitants. The struggle the Nauruans waged against A stralia was not only for political independence but, more important, the right to control the phosphate industry for the benefit of the Nauruans. Their victory will encourage dependent m inorities throughout the world. This book is a timely and important work that will be read with pleasure and profit by all interested in the progress of colonial territories towards independence...

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DOI: 10.1093/ia/47.2.464a
MAG: 1596697205
CorpusID: 128571224
OpenAlex: W1596697205