Author: Jane Samson
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824862945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book 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."
Imperial Benevolence
Author: Jane Samson
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824862945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book 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."
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824862945
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book 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."
Magic and Modernity
Author: Birgit Meyer
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804744645
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic—usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern—is also at home in modernity.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804744645
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic—usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern—is also at home in modernity.
Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial library
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The National Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Degei’s Descendants
Author: Matthew Spriggs
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 192502184X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Dr Parke’s monograph examines how Fijians, especially in western areas of Fiji, currently understand and explain the origins and development of the social and political divisions of late pre-colonial traditional Fijian society. It assesses the reasoning, consistency and, where possible, the historical accuracy of such understandings. The oral history research which forms the backbone of the study was conducted in either standard Fijian or one or other of the western Fijian dialects with which Dr Parke was familiar. The period on which the monograph concentrates is the two centuries or so immediately prior to the Deed of Cession on 10 October 1874. A number of the major chiefs of Fiji had offered to cede Fiji to Queen Victoria; and after the offer had been accepted, Fiji became a British Crown Colony on that day. The volume will be of interest to all archaeologists, anthropologists and historians with an interest in Fiji. It will also be of wider interest to Pacific Studies scholars and those of British colonial history as well as historians with a wider interest in indigenous traditional histories and their role in governance today.
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 192502184X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Dr Parke’s monograph examines how Fijians, especially in western areas of Fiji, currently understand and explain the origins and development of the social and political divisions of late pre-colonial traditional Fijian society. It assesses the reasoning, consistency and, where possible, the historical accuracy of such understandings. The oral history research which forms the backbone of the study was conducted in either standard Fijian or one or other of the western Fijian dialects with which Dr Parke was familiar. The period on which the monograph concentrates is the two centuries or so immediately prior to the Deed of Cession on 10 October 1874. A number of the major chiefs of Fiji had offered to cede Fiji to Queen Victoria; and after the offer had been accepted, Fiji became a British Crown Colony on that day. The volume will be of interest to all archaeologists, anthropologists and historians with an interest in Fiji. It will also be of wider interest to Pacific Studies scholars and those of British colonial history as well as historians with a wider interest in indigenous traditional histories and their role in governance today.
The American Theological Review
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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Religions of Melanesia
Author: Garry Trompf
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1567206662
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Melansia boasts over one-quarter of the world's distinct religions and presents the most complex religious panorama on earth. The region is famous for its unusual new religious movements that have adapted traditional beliefs to modernity in surprising ways. As the first bibliographical survey to comprehensively cover the entire region, Religions of Melanesia is an invaluable research aid for anyone interested in this growing field. Trompf's work is a complete listing of scholarly publications and provides readable and concise descriptions that will clearly guide the researcher toward the most relevant sources. This survey covers 2188 entries organized topically and regionally. Trompf covers such subjects as traditional and modern belief systems and the emergent indigenous Christianity that has taken root. Regional coverage includes Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1567206662
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Melansia boasts over one-quarter of the world's distinct religions and presents the most complex religious panorama on earth. The region is famous for its unusual new religious movements that have adapted traditional beliefs to modernity in surprising ways. As the first bibliographical survey to comprehensively cover the entire region, Religions of Melanesia is an invaluable research aid for anyone interested in this growing field. Trompf's work is a complete listing of scholarly publications and provides readable and concise descriptions that will clearly guide the researcher toward the most relevant sources. This survey covers 2188 entries organized topically and regionally. Trompf covers such subjects as traditional and modern belief systems and the emergent indigenous Christianity that has taken root. Regional coverage includes Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.
Taveuni
Author: H. C. Brookfield
Publisher:
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Category : Land tenure
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Category : Land tenure
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Author-catalogue of printed books in European languages. With a supplementary list of newspapers. 1904. 2 v
Author: Imperial Library, Calcutta
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The Archaeology of the Palau Islands; an Intensive Survey
Author: Douglas Osborne
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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