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xv, 328 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps 23 cm Accompanied by audio CD containing interviews with 20 Pacific leaders "Between 1960 and 1990, Australia, Britain, New Zealand and the USA decided to leave most of the islands they'd ruled for a hundred years. As they prepared to go, a handful of brave Pacific people - teachers, doctors, priests, chiefs, trade unionists - had to overcome exploitation, division and neglect and then lead their people forward into nationhood"--Back cover