Oceania under steam : Sea transport and the cultures of colonialism, c . 1870-1914 - Steel, Frances (Manchester University Press, 2017)
List of figuresAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsMapsIntroductionPart I Afloat1. Steam's 'magic touch': routes, rivalries and regionalism in the Pacific2. A ship of the line: cultures of maritime technologyPart II Aboard3. Crew culture: maritime men in an iron world4. Labour, race and empire: debating the 'lascar question'5. Guardians and troublemakers: confining women at seaPart III Abroad6. The tropical challenges of the island trades7. Sitima days in Suva: wharf labourers and the colonial port8. Indigenous maritime mobilities under colonial ruleConclusionIndex.