Needed - But Not Wanted : Chinese in Colonial Rabaul 1884 - 1960 by Peter Cahill - 2012

Brisbane: CopyRight Publishing, 2012. xv, 336pp, index, endnotes, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or boards. SIGNED by author on title page otherwise as new. The Chinese were brought into New Guinea in large numbers only to die from sickness, and later violence during the Japanese invasion of WWII. The story of an industrious people coping in arduous conditions.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Copyright Publishing, Brisbane,2012. 8vo.pp.xvi+ 336.pictorial endpapers,illustrated. index, Very good pictorial hardcover ,no dust wrapper as issued. a small very discrete name of th previous owner else fine copy. ISBN 9781876344962 Rabaul Papua New Guinea ,in the steaming tropics,with its dark volcanic soils and high yeild crops such as copra and tobacco, required imported labour but the cost was disease and difficult living conditions.The Chinese were brought to Rabaul only to die of sickness and violence during the Japanese invasion of the Second World War.