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Vanuatu

Y-shaped archipelago republic, formerly the Anglo-French New Hebrides condominium; independent in 1980.

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Further reading

• The Politics of Land in Vanuatu: From Colony to Independence Howard Van Trease · 1987

  Standard account of land politics that drove Vanuatu to independence in 1980.

• A History of the Pacific Islands Steven Roger Fischer · 2013

  Broad regional history covering the New Hebrides condominium and Vanuatu's independence.

• The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders Donald Denoon · 1997

  Regional context for Melanesian states including Vanuatu's colonial and post-independence history.

Sources

• Vanuatu — Wikipedia
• Wikidata: Q686 — Vanuatu