Wealth of the Solomons : : A History of a Pacific Archipelago, 1800-1978 /

Wealth of the Solomons : : A History of a Pacific Archipelago, 1800-1978 / / Judith A. Bennett.

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Bennett, Judith A.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
©1987
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (544 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • EDITOR'S NOTE
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • PHOTOS
  • TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • MEASUREMENTS AND SPELLING
  • CHAPTER 1 The Solomon Islands in 1800
  • CHAPTER 2 The ship men (c. 1800-1860)
  • CHAPTER 3 The traders and their masters (c. 1860-1900)
  • CHAPTER 4 The attractions of trade (c. 1860-1900)
  • CHAPTER 5 The colonial government and pacification (c. 1896-1920)
  • CHAPTER 6 The colonial government and land alienation (c. 1900-1920)
  • CHAPTER 7 The colonial government and labor (c. 1900-1930)167
  • CHAPTER 8 The plantation (c. 1900-1930)
  • CHAPTER 9 Producers and consumers (c. 1900-1930)
  • CHAPTER 10 Weathering the storm (c. 1930-1942)
  • CHAPTER 11 A rumor of utopia: The western and central Solomons (c. 1930-1942)
  • CHAPTER 12 More rumors: The eastern Solomons (c. 1930-1942)
  • CHAPTER 13 World War II and aftermath (c. 1942-1955)
  • CHAPTER 14 Independence: Coming, ready or not! (1955-1978)
  • Epilogue
  • APPENDIXES
  • APPENDIX 1 Whaling contacts and sightings, c. 1800-1890
  • APPENDIX 2 Castaways, deserters, and runaway convicts in the Solomon Islands, c. 1820-1870
  • APPENDIX 3 Items of trade, where mentioned, of whaling ships and other non-trading vessels, 1798-1860
  • APPENDIX 4 Exports and shipping from Solomon Islands to port of Sydney, c. 1854-1896
  • APPENDIX 5 Location of resident traders and non-Melanesian staff, c. 1860-1900
  • APPENDIX 6 Violent conflicts between Solomon Islanders and Europeans engaged in trading, c. 1860-1896
  • APPENDIX 7 Resident commissioners and district officers before World War II, by districts
  • APPENDIX 8 Petitions to Resident Commissioner, 1912
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INFORMANTS
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF SHIPS

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