Part Five – Zenith: Colonial Contradictions and the Chimera of Racial Purity, 1920-1940

Table of Contents

Chapter 8. The Half-Caste in Australia, New Zealand, and Western Samoa between the Wars

The half-caste

The 'half-caste problem' between the wars

Differing evaluations of miscegenation

The 'half-caste problem' in Australia

Half-castes in New Zealand: not a problem?

The menace of the half-caste in Western Samoa and Fiji

The significance of place

Postcolonial fortunes

References