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Islanders, the Pacific in the age of empire, Nicholas Thomas

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Islanders, the Pacific in the age of empire, Nicholas Thomas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-314) and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Islanders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

601348161

Responsibility statement

Nicholas Thomas

Sub title

the Pacific in the age of empire

Table Of Contents

The Bible and the gun : contact, commerce, conversion. A plan of great extent and importance ; The Typees fought us to the last ; If King Georgey would send him a vessel ; Not a vestige of idolatry was to be seen ; Haunted by the example of Crook -- The tribe and the army : labour, land, sovereignty. The smell of burning flesh is not nice ; A new phase of piracy ; Man-o'-war all same old woman! -- The whites would serve the natives -- Our paradise has become a hell

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