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Brij V. Lal
Brij Lal, who died on Christmas Day 2021, was an enormously prolific historian of the Pacific Islands, especially of his birthplace Fiji. The 18 ANU Press titles below – variously written, edited or contributed to by Professor Lal – constitute a fraction of his published output. Not only was he an outstanding academic and journalist, commenting perceptively and knowledgeably on every Fiji election since 1982, as well as on the shifting waves of Fiji politics, he also acted as one of the three commissioners who drew up a draft of the new Fiji constitution in 1997 and, in addition, wrote about the global Indian diaspora, especially in the West Indies. Considered persona non grata in Fiji in recent years, he wore his expulsion as a tribute to his dedication to liberal democracy, and greatly valued his Australian citizenship.

Levelling Wind »
Remembering Fiji
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Political Life Writing in the Pacific »
Reflections on Practice
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The Coombs: A House of Memories »
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The Boy from Boort »
Remembering Hank Nelson
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Mr Tulsi's Store »
A Fijian journey
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Turnings »
Fiji Factions
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Chalo Jahaji »
On a journey through indenture in Fiji
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Electoral systems in divided societies »
The Fiji constitution
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Fiji before the storm »
Elections and the politics of development
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Intersections »
History, Memory, Discipline
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A Vision for Change: AD Patel and the Politics of Fiji »
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A Vision for Change: Speeches and Writings of AD Patel, 1929-1969 »
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In the Eye of the Storm »
Jai Ram Reddy and the Politics of Postcolonial Fiji
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The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji »
A Coup to End All Coups?
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Coup »
Reflections on the Political Crisis in Fiji
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Telling Pacific Lives »
Prisms of Process
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A Time Bomb Lies Buried »
Fiji’s Road to Independence, 1960-1970
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Islands of Turmoil »
Elections and Politics in Fiji
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