Imperial Benevolence : : Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands / / 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 West...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1998] ©1998 |
Year of Publication: | 1998 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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