British Imperial Strategies in the Pacific, 1750-1900

British Imperial Strategies in the Pacific, 1750-1900
Author: Jane Samson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2021-02-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 135195458X

The focus of this volume is Britain's trans-Pacific empire. This began with haphazard challenges to Spanish dominion, but by the end of the 18th century, the British had established a colony in Australia and had gone to the brink of war with Spain to establish trading rights in the north Pacific. These rights led to formal colonies in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, when Britain sought to maintain a north Pacific presence despite American expansionism. In the later 19th century the international ’scramble for the Pacific’ resulted in new British colonies and protectorates in the Pacific islands. The result was a complex imperial presence, created from a variety of motives and circumstances. The essays selected here take account of the wide range of economic, political and cultural factors which prompted British expansion, creating tension in Britain's imperial identity in the Pacific, and leaving Pacific peoples with a complicated and challenging legacy. Along with the important new introduction, they provide a basis for the reassessment of British imperialism in the Pacific region.

Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire

Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire
Author: Gaye Sculthorpe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780714124902

Using extraordinary Indigenous Australian art and artifacts preserved in museums across Great Britain and Ireland, the authors present a global history that entwines ancestral pasts with epochs of empire and colony leading to the contemporary moment.

Introduction to South Pacific Law

Introduction to South Pacific Law
Author: Jennifer Corrin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1135390754

Providing an overview of the origins and development of the law and legal systems in the South Pacific, the authors examine the framework of legal systems in the region and the operation of state and customary laws. Exploring, not only the legal system generally, but also the constitution and jurisdiction of state courts and legislative provisions of individual jurisdictions and cases, it contains individual chapters on substantive areas of law. They cover: administrative law constitutional law contract law criminal law customary law family law land law tort law. Highlighting the distinguishing features of the substantive law in force in the South Pacific, this book is an essential resource for all those interested in the law of the South Pacific Islands region.

Mauritius

Mauritius
Author: Great Britain. Commonwealth Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1968
Genre: Mauritius
ISBN:

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1691
Release: 2016-12-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270883

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Decolonisation and the Pacific

Decolonisation and the Pacific
Author: Tracey Banivanua Mar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 110703759X

This book charts the previously untold story of the mobility of Indigenous peoples across vast distances, vividly reshaping what is known about decolonisation.

The Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands
Author: Brij V. Lal
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824822651

An encyclopaedia of information on major aspects of Pacific life, including the physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society and culture. The CD-ROM contains hyperlinks between section titles and sections, a library of all the maps in the encyclopaedia, and a photo library.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66

The Statesman's Year-Book 1965-66
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1743
Release: 2016-12-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270948

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders

The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
Author: Donald Denoon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2004-03-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521003544

An authoritative and comprehensive history of the Pacific islanders from 40,000 BC to the present day.