Possessing the Pacific:land, settlers, and indigenous people from Australia to Alaska
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Harvard University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | vi, 388 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780674026124 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0674026128 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K608 |
CLC: |
K608 K6 |
Call Number: | K6/B219 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-380) and index. Introduction: The Pacific World and Its Atlantic Antecedents -- 1. Australia: Terra Nullius by Design -- 2. New Zealand: Conquest by Contract -- 3. New Zealand: Conquest by Land Tenure Reform -- 4. Hawaii: Preparing To Be Colonized -- 5. California: Terra Nullius by Default -- 6. British Columbia: Terra Nullius as Kindness -- 7. Oregon and Washington: Compulsory Treaties -- 8. Fiji and Tonga: The Importance of Indigenous Political Organization -- 9. Alaska: Occupancy and Neglect -- Conclusion: What Produced Colonial Land Policy? |