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Wealth of the Solomons: a history of a Pacific archipelago, 1800-1978
Judith A. Bennett
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Frontmatter
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Figures (page xiii)
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Photos (page xiv)
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Tables (page xv)
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Preface (page xvii)
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Acknowledgments (page xxiii)
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Measurements and Spelling (page xxvii)
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1 The Solomon Islands in 1800 (page 1)
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2 The ship men (c. 1800-1860) (page 21)
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3 The traders and their masters (c.1860-1900) (page 45)
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4 The attractions of trade (c.1860-1900) (page 78)
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5 The colonial government and pacification (c.1896-1920) (page 103)
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6 The colonial government and land alienation (c.1900-1920) (page 125)
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7 The colonial government and labor (c.1900-1930) (page 150)
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8 The plantation (c.1900-1930) (page 167)
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9 Producers and consumers (c.1900-1930) (page 192)
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10 Weathering the storm (c.1930-1942) (page 218)
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11 A rumor of utopia: The western and central Solomons (c.1930-1942) (page 241)
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12 More rumors: The eastern Solomons (c.1930-1942) (page 265)
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13 World War II and aftermath (c.1942-1955) (page 285)
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14 Independence: Coming, ready or not! (1955-1978) (page 311)
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Epilogue (page 344)
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Appendixes
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1 Whaling contacts and sightings, c. 1800-1890 (page 350)
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2 Castaways, deserters, and runaway convicts in the Solomon Islands, c. 1820-1870 (page 356)
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3 Items of trade, where mentioned, of whaling ships and other non-trading vessels, 1798-1860 (page 358)
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4 Exports and shipping from Solomon Islands to port of Sydney, c. 1854-1896 (page 362)
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5 Location of resident traders and non-Melanesian staff, c. 1860-1900 (page 376)
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6 Violent conflicts between Solomon Islanders and Europeans engaged in trading, c. 1860-1896 (page 390)
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7 Resident commissioners and district officers before World War II (page 397)
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8 Petitions to Resident Commissioner, 1912 (page 405)
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Abbreviations (page 411)
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Notes (page 415)
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Bibliography (page 467)
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Informants (page 501)
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General Index (page 505)
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Index of Ships (page 527)
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Published: c1987
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
- 9780824810788 (hardcover)