1990 2(1) & 2(2)

Spring 2(1) Articles Introduction Brij V. Lal A Coup by Another Name? The Politics of Legality Yash Ghai The 1987 Military Coups in Fiji: The Regional Implications Roderic Alley Economy and State in Fiji before and after the Coups Bruce Knapman Uncertain Sequel: The Social and Religious Scene in Fiji since the Coups John Garrett Current and Future Implications of the Coups for Women in Fiji Shireen Lateef Regional Politics, Ethnicity, and Custom in Fiji Nicholas Thomas Political Reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 Stuart Inder, Giff Johnson, Joan King, Samuel McPhetres, Donald Shuster, Mary Anne Thompson, and Robert Underwood Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 Joël Bonnemaison, Marjorie Crocombe, Ron Crocombe, Ioane Lafoa‘i, Bill LeGalley, Stephen Levine, Moshe Rapaport, Haunani-Kay Trask, and Ranginui Walker Resources Researching the Fiji Coups Brij V. Lal and Karen M. Peacock Book Reviews The Literature of the Fiji Coups Rabuka: No Other Way, by Eddie Dean and Stan Ritova From the Mangrove Swamps, by Tomasi R. Vakatora Fiji: Politics of Illusion, by Deryck Scarr Fiji: Shattered Coups, by Robert T. Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau Power and Prejudice, by Brij V. Lal Coup and Crisis, edited by Satendra Prasad The Guns of Lautoka, by Christopher Harder The Fiji Economy, May 1987, by Rodney Cole and Helen Hughes Fiji: Opportunity from Adversity? by Wolfgang Kasper, Jeff Bennett, and Richard Blandy Review article by Barrie Macdonald Fiji’s Economic History, 1874-1939, by Bruce Knapman Reviewed by Wadan Narsey Fiji: Future Imperfect? edited by Michael Taylor Reviewed by Simione Durutalo New Caledonia or Kanaky? by John Connell Reviewed by Stephen Henningham Torres Strait Islanders, by Jeremy Beckett Reviewed by Eugene Ogan The Politics of Land in Vanuatu, by Howard Van Trease Reviewed by Lamont Lindstrom La Dernière Ile, by Joël Bonnemaison Reviewed by Myriam Dornoy Vurobaravu Racial Conflict and Resolution in New Zealand, by Kayleen Hazlehurst Reviewed by Paul D’Arcy Taem Blong Faet, edited by Hugh Laracy and Geoffrey White The Big Death, edited by Geoffrey M. White, David W. Gegeo, David Akin, and Karen Watson-Gegeo Reviewed by Suzanne Falgout

Fall 2(2) Articles Learning from the Past: Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Development William C. Clarke Heiva: Continuity and Change of a Tahitian Celebration Karen Stevenson Customary Law in the Papua New Guinea Village Courts Jean G. Zorn Constitutional Reviews in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Yash Ghai Dialogue The World Council of Indigenous Peoples An Interview with Pōkō Laenui Political Reviews The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 1989 Richard A. Herr Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1989 Joël Bonnemaison, John Connell, Elise Huffer, Sandra Tarte, Esau Tuza, Terence Wesley-Smith Resources Russian Books on the Pacific, 1984-1988: A Review Essay Patricia Polansky Book Reviews History’s Anthropology: The Death of William Gooch, by Greg Dening Reviewed by Robert Borofsky Before the Horror: The Population of Hawai‘i on the Eve of Western Contact, by David E. Stannard Reviewed by Patrick V. Kirch Deep Water: Development and Change in Pacific Village Fisheries, by Margaret Critchlow Rodman Reviewed by Stephen Britton The Frigate Bird, by Alistair Campbell Reviewed by Paul Sharrad Southern and Eastern Polynesia, by Glynn Barratt Reviewed by Louise McReynolds Missionary Lives: Papua 1874-1914, by Diane Langmore Reviewed by Patricia Grimshaw Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries, by Christopher Browne with Douglas A. Scott Reviewed by Helen Hughes Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic Substrate, by Roger M. Keesing Reviewed by Peter C. Lincoln The Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies, by D. K. Feil Reviewed by Terence E. Hays Mountain Papuans: Historical and Comparative Perspectives from New Guinea Fringe Highlands Societies, edited by James F. Weiner Reviewed by Bruce M. Knauft Vengeance Is Their Reply: Blood Feuds and Homicides on Bellona Island, by Rolf Kuschel Reviewed by William W. Donner Cultural Alternatives and a Feminist Anthropology: An Analysis of Culturally Constructed Gender Interests in Papua New Guinea, by Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz Reviewed by Jill Nash New Caledonia: Anti-Colonialism in a Pacific Territory, by Helen Fraser Reviewed by Robert Aldrich