Title: Cinderellas of the Empire : towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu /
Authors: Macdonald, Barrie
Publisher: Australian National University Press,
Year: 1982
Subjects: Kiribati History.; Tuvalu History.
Contents: The islands and their people -- Early contacts and the beginnings of trade -- New gods, new laws: the arrival of Christian missions -- The labour trade and imperial intervention -- Pax Britannica: the beginnings of colonial rule, 1892-1908 -- The origins of bitterness: the Banabans and the mining of phosphate, 1900-1942 -- Imperial policy and the phosphate industry -- Rigidity and reform: the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 1909-1941 -- The second world war and beyond -- Policies for economic and social change -- Local government: policy and practice, 1948-1976 -- Modern lifestyles -- Towards self-government -- The parting of the ways -- Epilogue: from separation to independence.