TY - GEN T1 - Imperial benevolence : making British authority in the Pacific Islands A1 - Samson, Jane, 1962- LA - English PP - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai'i Press YR - 1998 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm44954997 AB - This 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 Hawai'l, ̃ 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." Students and scholars of imperial, Pacific, and maritime history will welcome this impressive work - one that appreciates the complexities of the past, thus extending significantly our understanding of this multifaceted period OP - 240 CN - DU40 .S26 1998eb SN - 0585239525 SN - 9780585239521 SN - 9780824862947 SN - 0824862945 SN - 0824819276 SN - 9780824819279 KW - Islands of the Pacific : History : 19th century. KW - Islands of the Pacific : Relations : Great Britain. KW - Great Britain : Relations : Islands of the Pacific. KW - Great Britain : Colonies : Oceania. KW - Pacifique, Îles du : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Pacifique, Îles du : Relations : Grande-Bretagne. KW - Grande-Bretagne : Relations : Pacifique, Îles du. KW - Grande-Bretagne : Colonies : Océanie. KW - HISTORY. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Great Britain. KW - British colonies KW - International relations KW - Great Britain KW - Oceania KW - Pacific Ocean : Islands of the Pacific KW - Imperialisme. KW - Geweld. KW - Humaniteit. KW - Außenpolitik KW - Imperialismus KW - Humanitarismus KW - Großbritannien KW - Melanesien KW - Polynesien KW - Ozeanien KW - 1800-1899 KW - History ER -