The naturalist and his 'beautiful islands' : Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific / David Russell Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, David Russell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woodford, C. M., 1852-1927.

Woodford, C. M.

Great Britain. Colonial Office--Officials and employees--Biography.

Great Britain.

Ethnology--Solomon Islands.

Ethnology.

Natural history--Solomon Islands.

Natural history.

Colonial administrators--Solomon Islands--Biography.

Colonial administrators.

Solomon Islands--Description and travel.

Solomon Islands.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2014

Canberra, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book is a study of Woodford, the man, and what drove his desire to establish a colonial protectorate in the Solomon Islands. In doing so, it also addresses ongoing issues: not so much why the independent state broke down, but how imperfectly it was put together in the first place.

Contents:

Preliminary pages; Acknowledgments; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Early life and education; 2. Pacific journeys; 3. Commerce, trade and labour; 4. A naturalist in the Solomon Islands; 5. Liberalism, Imperialism and colonial expansion; 6. The British Solomon IslandsProtectorate: Colonialism without capital; 7. Expansion of the Protectorate 1898-1900; 8. The new social order; 9. The plantation economy; 10. The critical question of labour; 11. Woodford and the Western Pacific High Commission; Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-420).

CC BY-NC-ND

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781925022025

1925022021

OCLC:

884508174

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_515931