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Autore |
Lawrence David Russell |
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Titolo |
The naturalist and his 'beautiful islands' : Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific / / David Russell Lawrence |
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ANU Press, 2014 |
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Canberra, Australia : , : Australian National University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology - Solomon Islands |
Natural history - Solomon Islands |
Colonial administrators - Solomon Islands |
Solomon Islands Description and travel |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-420). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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