Scarecrow Press
Pages: 416
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Trim: 5¾ x 8¾
978-0-8108-3936-6 • Hardback • August 2001 • $170.00 • (£131.00)
Ann Turner is currently a freelance writer, researcher, and consultant. She has taught in the Historical Department of the University of Papua New Guinea and written courses on Issues in National Development and Papua New Guinea history for the university's Extension Studies Department. She was for many years Head of the library at the Hawthorn Institute of Education and Head of the Institute's Center for Information and Communication Technology Education.
Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chapter 4 Maps
Chapter 5 Chronology
Chapter 6 Introduction
Chapter 7 THE DICTIONARY
Chapter 8 Appendix A: Administrators
Chapter 9 Appendix B: Australian Ministers Concerned with Papua New Guinea, 1906-99
Chapter 10 Appendix C: Prime Ministers of Papua Guinea, 1975-2000
Chapter 11 Appendix D: Governors-General of Papua New Guinea, 1975-1999
Chapter 12 Bibliography
Chapter 13 About the Author
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— Choice Reviews
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