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Australian Travellers in the South Seas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific SeriesPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (396 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781760464158
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Australian Travellers in the South SeasDDC classification:
  • 820.935894
LOC classification:
  • PR9605.5.T73 H358 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. Fluid Boundaries and Ambiguous Identities -- 2. Steamships and Tourists -- 3. Polynesian Promises -- 4. Degrees of Savagery -- 5. In Search of a Profitable Pacific -- 6. Conflict, Convicts and the Condominium -- 7. Preserving Health and Race in the Tropics -- Conclusion -- Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Australian Travel Writing -- Bibliography.
Summary: This book offers a wide-ranging survey of Australian engagement with the Pacific Islands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. Fluid Boundaries and Ambiguous Identities -- 2. Steamships and Tourists -- 3. Polynesian Promises -- 4. Degrees of Savagery -- 5. In Search of a Profitable Pacific -- 6. Conflict, Convicts and the Condominium -- 7. Preserving Health and Race in the Tropics -- Conclusion -- Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Australian Travel Writing -- Bibliography.

This book offers a wide-ranging survey of Australian engagement with the Pacific Islands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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