Since the Company Came

Since the Company Came. 52 minutes, VHS, color, 2000. Archival footage from the 1920s provides an insight into the Solomon Islands' colonial experience and raises questions about the ongoing legacy of colonial attitudes to land and especially people's understanding of their way of life, so...

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Published in:The Contemporary Pacific 2001-09, Vol.13 (2), p.612-613
Main Author: ROUGHAN, JOHN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Companies
Ecology
Forests
Islands
Land
Media Reviews
Pacific Region
Social change
Society
Solomon Islands
Video recording reviews
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Summary:Since the Company Came. 52 minutes, VHS, color, 2000. Archival footage from the 1920s provides an insight into the Solomon Islands' colonial experience and raises questions about the ongoing legacy of colonial attitudes to land and especially people's understanding of their way of life, so intimately based on their major resource base, the forest. Men, on the other hand, often focus on the bright side of the cash economy and are keen on getting more fully into it. Since the Company Came graphically illustrates the Solomon Islanders' continuing dilemma, which the country is currently living and fighting over.
ISSN:1043-898X
1527-9464
1527-9464
DOI:10.1353/cp.2001.0067