Britain and the Labor Trade in the Southwest Pacific
Author : Owen Wilfred Parnaby
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Page : 234 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Plantation workers
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Author : Owen Wilfred Parnaby
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Page : 234 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Plantation workers
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Page : pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 1966-12-21
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ISBN : 9780822301295
Author : Elizabeth Bloomfield
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Page : pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Oceania
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Author : Robert James McFall
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Page : 110 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Pacific States
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Author : Dorothy Shineberg
Publisher : University of Queensland Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1921902299
Few Pacific history books have stood the test of time as well as They Came for Sandalwood, but Dorothy Shineberg's book, first published in 1967, has never been bettered. This fascinating account of the sandalwood trade describes the first regular contact between Europeans and the Melanesians of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Shineberg studied the relationships and rivalries between European traders and European missionaries, between trader and trader, and between tribe and tribe among the indigenous peoples. Her book documents the details and color of these interactions. Unseaworthy ships, bloody battles, the hazards of sea and reef, and the firepower and inadequacies of European weapons all provide a gripping picture of the 1830s to 1860s. Valuable appendices list the ships involved, their cargoes and the location of the sandalwood stations. They Came for Sandalwood remains the only detailed account of the sandalwood trade, its routes, marketing problems and profits, and of the ships, merchants and seamen involved. It is a sharp, perceptive analysis of the confrontation of the two cultures, approached from the standpoint of Pacific history rather than a mere extension of European history into the PacificIslands.
Author : Robert James MacFall
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 1929
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Author : Robert James MacFall
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 1929
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Foreign trade promotion
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Considers need to increase U.S. exports to Pacific nations.
Author : Clinton Hartley Grattan
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Oceania
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Historical sketch of the position of Australia, New Zealand, and other Southwestern Pacific areas in world affairs, particularly relations with the U.S.
Author : Ernst Mayr
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 146290890X
Perfect for birdwatching enthusiasts travelling to Indonesia, this concise guide is full of interesting information. This practical handbook, by an acknowledged authority, intended primarily for the field student, tells him how to identify and name the birds of Indonesia which he encounters, and what kinds of birds he can expect to find on each island. There is also a condensed summary of the present knowledge of distribution, geographical variation and habits. Whenever feasible, keys have been supplied to facilitate identification. These keys are simply and clearly worked out for the beginner who may not know the difference between a curlew and a godwit, or a triller and a graybird. Three magnificent color plates show 39 species which include at least one representation of all of the prominent bird families of the southwest Pacific. A series of black and white drawings show additional species. These pictures will be particularly valuable to bird students who have never seen a wood swallow, a flower pecker, a white-eye or a triller.