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- Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands
- Book
- 1998
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
This insightful 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 Hawaii, 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."
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- Orthography and Nomenclature
- p. xiii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xv
- About the Author
- p. xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-6
- 1 Measures of Benevolence
- pp. 7-23
- 2 White Savages
- pp. 24-41
- 3 Protective Supremacy?
- pp. 42-62
- 4 Kingmaking
- pp. 63-80
- 5 The Sandalwood Crusade
- pp. 81-97
- 6 A House Divided
- pp. 98-114
- 7 Antislavery Imperatives
- pp. 115-129
- 8 Gunboat Diplomacy?
- pp. 130-147
- 9 TheTriumph of Tradition
- pp. 148-170
- Select Bibliography
- pp. 207-234
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824862947
Related ISBN(s)
9780824819279
MARC Record
OCLC
44954997
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No