Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 240 pages)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0824819276
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0585239525
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0824862945
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9780824819279
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9780585239521
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9780824862947
Content:
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
Content:
Introduction -- Measures of benevolence -- White savages -- Protective supremacy? -- Kingmaking -- The sandalwood crusade -- A house divided -- Antislavery imperatives -- Gunboat diplomacy? -- The triumph of tradition -- Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Samson, Jane, 1962- Imperial benevolence Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©1998
Language:
English
Keywords:
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