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Nauru, a tiny Pacific republic, has almost no literature available in English, so readers turn to histories of its people and land. Nauruan is the national language, and English is widely used for government and schooling. With only about ten thousand inhabitants, the island has seen few books reach readers abroad. Phosphate mining and the road to independence in 1968 run through the histories that are available.
Nancy Viviani's Nauru: Phosphate and Political Progress traces Nauruan society from German and Australian-administered rule through mining to the run-up to independence. Christopher Weeramantry, a judge, wrote Nauru: Environmental Damage under International Trusteeship, showing how mining stripped the island's land. Barrie Macdonald's In Pursuit of the Sacred Trust: Trusteeship and Independence in Nauru follows the path from League of Nations mandate and UN trusteeship to independence in 1968.
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