Imperial Benevolence : : Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands / / Jane Samson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Samson, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps --; Abbreviations --; Orthography and Nomenclature --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Measures of Benevolence --; 2. White Savages --; 3. Protective Supremacy? --; 4. Kingmaking --; 5. The Sandalwood Crusade --; 6. A House Divided --; 7. Antislavery Imperatives --; 8. Gunboat Diplomacy? --; 9. The Triumph of Tradition --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824862947; 9783110564150
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824862947
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jane Samson.

This insightful analysis of British imperialism in the south Pacific explores the impulses behind British calls for the protection and "improvement" of islanders. From kingmaking projects in Hawaii, Tonga, and Fiji to the "antislavery" campaign against the labor trade in the Western pacific, the author examines the deeply subjective, cultural roots permeating Britons' attitudes toward Pacific Islanders. By teasing out the connections between those attitudes and the British humanitarian and antislavery movements, Imperial Benevolence reminds us that nineteenth-century Britain was engaged in a global campaign for "Christianization and Civilization."