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- Niue 1774–1974: 200 Years of Contact and Change
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
Tiny Niue lies alone in the south Pacific, a single island with formidable cliffs rising from the deep ocean. Far from the main shipping routes and with a daunting reputation, "Savage Island" did not naturally invite visitors. Yet Niue has a surprisingly rich history of contact, from the brief landings by James Cook in 1774 through to the nineteenth-century visits by whalers, traders, and missionaries, and into the twentieth century when New Zealand extended its territory to include the Cook Islands and Niue.
To date, this story has not been told. Using a wide range of archival material from Niue, New Zealand, Australia, and Britain, Margaret Pointer places Niue center stage in an entertaining and thoroughly readable account of this island nation through to 1974, when Niue became self-governing. As important as the written story is the visual record, and many remarkable images are published here for the first time. Together, text and images unravel a fascinating and colorful Pacific story of Nukututaha, the island that stands alone.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. 9-12
- Introduction
- pp. 13-18
- Part A. Early Contacts
- Chapter 1. First Encounters
- pp. 21-36
- Chapter 2. Whalers
- pp. 37-50
- Chapter 3. Missionaries
- pp. 51-72
- Part B. Empire
- Chapter 5. European Settlement
- pp. 89-112
- Chapter 6. The Labour Trade
- pp. 113-130
- Chapter 7. The Call for British Protection
- pp. 131-146
- Chapter 8. Annexation to New Zealand
- pp. 147-174
- Part C. New Zealand Administration
- Chapter 9. From Rhetoric to Reality
- pp. 177-192
- Chapter 10. Involvement in World War I
- pp. 193-206
- Chapter 11. The Interwar Years
- pp. 207-234
- Chapter 12. Accelerating Change
- pp. 235-258
- Chapter 13. An End to Complacency
- pp. 259-274
- Part D. The Road To Self-Government
- Chapter 14. Political Will for Change
- pp. 277-294
- Chapter 15. A Timetable for Change
- pp. 295-316
- Chapter 16. The Final Steps
- pp. 317-328
- Bibliography and Resources
- pp. 356-360
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824857578
Related ISBN(s)
9780824855864
MARC Record
OCLC
929917288
Pages
384
Launched on MUSE
2015-11-20
Language
English
Open Access
No