Language choices and social reality: Education in post-colonial Fiji

Journal of Intercultural Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Lotherington, Heather ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937187526     PISSN: 07256868     EISSN: 14699540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07256868.1998.9963455     Document Type: Article

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