Imperial benevolence : making British authority in the Pacific Islands / Jane Samson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samson, Jane, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islands of the Pacific--History--19th century.

Islands of the Pacific.

Islands of the Pacific--Relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--Islands of the Pacific.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--Oceania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

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."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

Abbreviations

Orthography and Nomenclature

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Measures of Benevolence

2. White Savages

3. Protective Supremacy?

4. Kingmaking

5. The Sandalwood Crusade

6. A House Divided

7. Antislavery Imperatives

8. Gunboat Diplomacy?

9. The Triumph of Tradition

Epilogue

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824862947

0824862945

9780585239521

0585239525

OCLC:

179119350