Bougainville: A Personal History, by Douglas Oliver

“Just ten years ago this obscure western Pacific island was classed by New Guinea standards as ‘undeveloped’. Now unimagined wealth is being released by a vast copper mining project which has brought about profound changes in the islanders’ traditional ways of life.”

Published in 1973 by Wilke and Co. LTD. Paperback, 231 pages of text, illustrations and photographs (black and white). Some pen writing in the front pages of the book, otherwise in good condition.