The governor's vale levu: Architecture and hybridity at Nasova House, Levuka, Fiji Islands

International Journal of Historical Archeology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-292

  Chatan, Robbin ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonial architecture; Fiji; Hybridity; Levuka

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COLONIALISM; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WESTERN WORLD;

FIJI; LEVUKA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VITI LEVU;

EID: 1642312388     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJHA.0000014313.12737.d6     Document Type: Article

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