Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands

by Jane Samson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824819276
• ISBN13: 9780824819279
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"