Possessing the Pacific : Land, Settlers, and Indigenous People from Australia to Alaska.

Intro -- 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? -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.

Banner tells the story of colonial settlement in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Possessing the Pacific is an original and broadly conceived study of how colonial struggles over land still shape the relations between whites and indigenous people throughout much of the world.

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