They came for sandalwood : a study of the sandalwood trade in the south-west Pacific, 1830-1865 / Dorothy Shineberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shineberg, Dorothy, author.

Series:

Pacific studies series (University of Queensland Press)

Pacific studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sandalwood trade--New Caledonia.

Sandalwood trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (515 p.)

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, 2014.

Summary:

Few Pacific history books have stood the test of time as well as They Came for Sandalwood, but Dorothy Shineberg's book, first published in 1967, has never been bettered. This fascinating account of the sandalwood trade describes the first regular contact between Europeans and the Melanesians of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Shineberg studied the relationships and rivalries between European traders and European missionaries, between trader and trader, and between tribe and tribe among the indigenous peoples. Her book documents the details and color of

Contents:

Cover; Title; Acknowledgments; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; 1: Tea, Iron and Sandalwood; 2: The Beginnings of the Trade; 3: The Isle of Pines 1841-1843; 4: The Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides 1842; 5: The Merchant Venturers 1843-1852; 6: The Job, the Ships and the People of the Trading Voyages; 7: James Paddon; 8: Robert Towns; 9: Trade, the Light and the Flag; 10: Buying Gold 1853-1865; 11: Sandalwood Profits; 12: The Sandalwood Trade in Melanesian Economics; 13: 'A Matter of Policy'; 14: Violence and Fraud on the Melanesian Frontier; 15: Migrant Labour

16: Massacres and MotivesConclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Abbreviations; References; Bibliography; Index; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-921902-29-9