| Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands Contributor(s): Samson, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824819276 ISBN-13: 9780824819279 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - History | Oceania - History | Australia & New Zealand - General |
| Dewey: 990 |
| LCCN: 97048936 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.32" W x 9.29" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Oceania - Cultural Region - Pacific Rim - Geographic Orientation - Hawaii - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |