British imperial strategies in the Pacific, 1750-1900 / edited by Jane Samson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Exploration and Trade -- 1. Nootka Sound and the Beginnings of Britain's Imperialism of Free Trade / Alan Frost -- 2. The North West Company's 'Adventure to China' / Barry M. Gough -- 3. Myth, Science, and Experience in the British Construction of the Pacific / David Mackay -- 4. English Attitudes to Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific / Glyndwr Williams -- 5. Licensed Curiosity: Cook's Pacific Voyages / Nicholas Thomas -- Pt. 2. Colonies and Protectorates -- 6. The Creation of Imperial Space in the Pacific Northwest / Daniel Clayton -- 7. The Colonization of Vancouver Island, 1849-1858 / Richard Somerset Mackie -- 8. The First Plans for Governing New South Wales, 1786-87 / Alan Atkinson -- 9. 'The Idle and the Drunken Won't Do There': Poverty, the New Poor Law and Nineteenth-Century Government-assisted Emigration to Australia from the United Kingdom / Robin Haines -- 10. The Impact of European Settlement on the Indigenous Peoples of Australia, New Zealand, and British Columbia: Some Comparative Dimensions / Robin Fisher -- 11. Myth, Race, and Identity in New Zealand / James Belich -- 12. Towards Colonial Protectorates: The Case of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands / Doug Munro and Stewart Firth -- Pt. 3. Culture, Gender, and Environment -- 13. The Hegemony of Laughter: Purea's Theatre / Greg Dening -- 14. Missionary Interest in British Expansion in the South Pacific in the Nineteenth Century / Niel Gunson -- 15. Imperial Benevolence: The Royal Navy and the South Pacific Labour Trade 1867-1872 / Jane Samson -- 16. Fear of Culture: British Regulation of Indian Marriage in Post-Indenture Fiji / John D. Kelly -- 17. Putting Down Sisters and Wives: Tongan Women and Colonization / Christine Ward Gailey -- 18. Pacific Ecology and British Imperialism, 1770-1970 / J. R. McNeill.

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