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Book Two Years in Fiji  by Litton Forbes

Download or read book Two Years in Fiji by Litton Forbes written by Dr. Litton Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Two Years in Fiji

    Book Details:
  • Author : Litton Forbes
  • Publisher : London : Longmans, Green
  • Release : 1875
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book Two Years in Fiji written by Litton Forbes and published by London : Longmans, Green. This book was released on 1875 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the     Central Lending Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the Central Lending Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the York Gate Library Formed by Mr  S  William Silver

Download or read book Catalogue of the York Gate Library Formed by Mr S William Silver written by Edward Augustus Petherick and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Exodus of the I Taukei

Download or read book Exodus of the I Taukei written by Andrew Thornley and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2002 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles

Download or read book Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles written by Nancy Shoemaker and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of colorful details and engrossing stories, Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles shows that the aspirations of individual Americans to be recognized as people worthy of others' respect was a driving force in the global extension of United States influence shortly after the nation's founding. Nancy Shoemaker contends that what she calls extraterritorial Americans constituted the vanguard of a vast, early US global expansion. Using as her site of historical investigation nineteenth-century Fiji, the "cannibal isles" of American popular culture, she uncovers stories of Americans looking for opportunities to rise in social status and enhance their sense of self. Prior to British colonization in 1874, extraterritorial Americans had, she argues, as much impact on Fiji as did the British. While the American economy invested in the extraction of sandalwood and sea slugs as resources to sell in China, individuals who went to Fiji had more complicated, personal objectives. Pursuing Respect in the Cannibal Isles considers these motivations through the lives of the three Americans who left the deepest imprint on Fiji: a runaway whaleman who settled in the islands, a sea captain's wife, and a merchant. Shoemaker's book shows how ordinary Americans living or working overseas found unusual venues where they could show themselves worthy of others' respect—others' approval, admiration, or deference.

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute  1886

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute 1886 written by Royal Commonwealth Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the York Gate Geographical and Colonial Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the York Gate Geographical and Colonial Library written by Stephen William Silver and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Possessing the Pacific

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stuart Banner
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2009-06-30
  • ISBN : 0674020529
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book Possessing the Pacific written by Stuart Banner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century, British and American settlers acquired a vast amount of land from indigenous people throughout the Pacific, but in no two places did they acquire it the same way. Stuart Banner tells the story of colonial settlement in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Today, indigenous people own much more land in some of these places than in others. And certain indigenous peoples benefit from treaty rights, while others do not. These variations are traceable to choices made more than a century ago--choices about whether indigenous people were the owners of their land and how that land was to be transferred to whites. Banner argues that these differences were not due to any deliberate land policy created in London or Washington. Rather, the decisions were made locally by settlers and colonial officials and were based on factors peculiar to each colony, such as whether the local indigenous people were agriculturalists and what level of political organization they had attained. These differences loom very large now, perhaps even larger than they did in the nineteenth century, because they continue to influence the course of litigation and political struggle between indigenous people and whites over claims to land and other resources. "Possessing the Pacific" is an original and broadly conceived study of how colonial struggles over land still shape the relations between whites and indigenous people throughout much of the world.

Book The Westminster Review

Download or read book The Westminster Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Foreign Quarterly Review

Download or read book The Foreign Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Westminster review  afterw   The London and Westminster review  afterw   The Westminster review  afterw   The Westminster and foreign quarterly review  afterw   The Westminster review  ed  by sir J  Bowring and other

Download or read book The Westminster review afterw The London and Westminster review afterw The Westminster review afterw The Westminster and foreign quarterly review afterw The Westminster review ed by sir J Bowring and other written by sir John Bowring and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute written by Royal Commonwealth Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shifting Toponymies

Download or read book Shifting Toponymies written by Luisa Caiazzo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from being objective and static pointers, place-names are dynamic tools of inscription used to (re)shape both our surroundings and our identities. This book examines the shifting tides in the complex relationship between places, identities, and toponyms to unveil the multilayered embeddedness of (re)naming practices. The volume presents original contributions to this rich field of enquiry, and fosters a multidisciplinary approach in exploring the broad theme of (re)naming and identity. Ranging from theoretical discussions to in-depth case studies, the chapters featured here investigate the often controversial, but ever-fascinating, relationship between toponyms and identity. As a privileged medium of expression, place-names constitute both an instrument and a vehicle for conveying identity, values, and visions of the world across space and time. The multifaceted geopolitical, historical, and linguistic issues tackled here make this volume a valuable resource to academics and postgraduate students from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including onomastics and linguistics, sociology, history, government planning and policy, Holocaust studies, postcolonial studies, and media studies.

Book Suva Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nicholas Halter
  • Publisher : ANU Press
  • Release : 2022-09-08
  • ISBN : 1760465348
  • Pages : 520 pages

Download or read book Suva Stories written by Nicholas Halter and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suva Stories explores a fascinating tapestry of histories in one of the Pacific’s oldest and most culturally diverse urban centres, the capital of Fiji. Charting the trajectory of Suva from indigenous village to colonial hub to contemporary Pacific metropolis, it draws on a rich colonial archive and moving personal memoirs that bear witness to their time. The diverse contributions in this volume form a complex mosaic of urban lives and histories that contribute fresh insights into historical and ongoing debates about race, place and belonging. Suva Stories is a valuable companion to those seeking to engage with the city’s pasts and present, and will prompt new conversations about history and memory in Fiji.

Book Academy  with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review

Download or read book Academy with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Making and Remaking of Australasia

Download or read book The Making and Remaking of Australasia written by Tony Ballantyne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the emergence of 'Australasia' as a way of thinking about the culture and geography of this region. Although it is frequently understood to apply only to Australia and New Zealand, the concept has a longer and more complicated history. 'Australasia' emerged in the mid-18th century in both French and British writing as European empires extended their reach into Asia and the Pacific, and initially held strong links to the Asian continent. The book shows that interpretations and understandings of 'Australasia' shifted away from Asia in light of British imperial interests in the 19th century, and the concept was adapted by varying political agendas and cultural visions in order to reach into the Pacific or towards Antarctica. The Making and Remaking of Australasia offers a number of rich case studies which highlight how the idea itself was adapted and moulded by people and texts both in the southern hemisphere and the imperial metropole where a range of competing actors articulated divergent visions of this part of the British Empire. An important contribution to the cultural history of the British Empire, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, this collection shows how 'Australasia' has had multiple, often contrasting, meanings.