Fragments of empire : a history of the western Pacific High Commission, 1877-1914
Description
During the nineteenth century Britain{u2019}s overseas administrative responsibilities related not only to her major colonial dependencies but also to a multitude of small territories and islands, whither her citizens were drawn by evangelism or the lure of trade. Pre-eminent among such areas were the Western Pacific islands, where Britons seeking to collect copra, grow cotton, and recruit labourers for plantations in Fiji and Queensland constituted a problem in law and order. In 1877 the...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Press (1965-Present) |
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Date published: | 1967 |
Type: | Book |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/114893 |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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