Partnership’ in developing the new Guinea highlands, 1948–1968
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9073708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben R Finney, Ben Finney (Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 117-134 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pacific History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3344 • E-ISSN: 1469-9605 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00223347008572168 |
| OpenAlex | W2008794499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
CEPT put forward during the mid-1950s to justify a seemingly anachronistic attempt to establish a plantation system in the fertile but heavily populated valleys of the Highlands. The settlers were after land which was then prov ing ideal for growing arabica coffee, and a chance to develop a profitable coffee industry. In return they offered the Highlanders, their 'partners', an opportunity to enter the market economy?as plantation workers, as sup pliers of vegetables to plantations, and as coffee growers themselves. It would be easy to dismiss this 'partnership' concept as simply a cynical rationale for old fashioned land-grabbing but for the following facts: that some of the settlers were sincere in their desire to foster economic develop ment among the Highlanders; that many a Highlander was as anxious to have a settler living on his land as the settler was to secure that land; and that with the establishment of the coffee industry the Highlanders were able to make a rapid transition from a subsistence-based existence to an increasingly market-oriented one by becoming coffee producers and starting their own small businesses
Ancient history · Ethnology · Genealogy · General partnership · Geography · New guinea · Political science · African history and culture studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 2019 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |