Imperial benevolence : making British authority in the Pacific Islands /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samson, Jane, 1962-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press ©1998.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt6wqzwn