Possessing the Pacific : land, settlers, and indigenous people from Australia to Alaska / Stuart Banner.

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Bibliographic Details
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Main Author:
Banner, Stuart, 1963-
Subjects:
Land settlement > Oceania > History.
Land settlement > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Oceania > History.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Oceania > History.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Oceania > Colonization > History.
Northwest, Pacific > Colonization > History.
Oceania > Race relations.
Northwest, Pacific > Race relations.
Format: Book
Possessing the Pacific : land, settlers, and indigenous people from Australia to Alaska /
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Pacific World and Its Atlantic Antecedents
  • 1. Australia: Terra Nullius by Design
  • 2. New Zealand: Conquest by Contract
  • 3. New Zealand: Conquest by Land Tenure Reform
  • 4. Hawaii: Preparing To Be Colonized
  • 5. California: Terra Nullius by Default
  • 6. British Columbia: Terra Nullius as Kindness
  • 7. Oregon and Washington: Compulsory Treaties
  • 8. Fiji and Tonga: The Importance of Indigenous Political Organization
  • 9. Alaska: Occupancy and Neglect
  • Conclusion: What Produced Colonial Land Policy?

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