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Bennett Judith A. <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Wealth of the Solomons : a history of a Pacific archipelago, 1800-1978 / / Judith A. Bennett |
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Honolulu, HI, : University of Hawaii Press, : Pacific Islands Studies Program, Center for Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii, c1987 |
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0-8248-5072-6 |
0-585-28846-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxvii, 529 p. ) : ill., maps ; |
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Collana |
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Pacific islands monograph series Wealth of the Solomons |
Pacific islands monograph series ; ; no. 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania |
History & Archaeology |
History |
Solomon Islands History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Australian National University) |
Includes indexes. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 467-499. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- EDITOR'S NOTE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- PHOTOS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- MEASUREMENTS AND SPELLING -- CHAPTER 1 The Solomon Islands in 1800 -- CHAPTER 2 The ship men (c. 1800-1860) -- CHAPTER 3 The traders and their masters (c. 1860-1900) -- CHAPTER 4 The attractions of trade (c. 1860-1900) -- CHAPTER 5 The colonial government and pacification (c. 1896-1920) -- CHAPTER 6 The colonial government and land alienation (c. 1900-1920) -- CHAPTER 7 The colonial government and labor (c. 1900-1930)167 -- CHAPTER 8 The plantation (c. 1900-1930) -- CHAPTER 9 Producers and consumers (c. 1900-1930) -- CHAPTER 10 Weathering the storm (c. 1930-1942) -- CHAPTER 11 A rumor of utopia: The western and central Solomons (c. 1930-1942) -- CHAPTER 12 More rumors: The eastern Solomons (c. 1930-1942) -- CHAPTER 13 World War II and aftermath (c. 1942-1955) -- CHAPTER 14 Independence: Coming, ready or not! (1955-1978) -- Epilogue -- |
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APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX 1 Whaling contacts and sightings, c. 1800-1890 -- APPENDIX 2 Castaways, deserters, and runaway convicts in the Solomon Islands, c. 1820-1870 -- APPENDIX 3 Items of trade, where mentioned, of whaling ships and other non-trading vessels, 1798-1860 -- APPENDIX 4 Exports and shipping from Solomon Islands to port of Sydney, c. 1854-1896 -- APPENDIX 5 Location of resident traders and non-Melanesian staff, c. 1860-1900 -- APPENDIX 6 Violent conflicts between Solomon Islanders and Europeans engaged in trading, c. 1860-1896 -- APPENDIX 7 Resident commissioners and district officers before World War II, by districts -- APPENDIX 8 Petitions to Resident Commissioner, 1912 -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INFORMANTS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF SHIPS |
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