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Author:

Banner, Stuart, 1963-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

vi, 388 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Oceania--History.--History.
Northwest, Pacific--History.--History.
Land settlement--Oceania--History.
Land settlement--Northwest, Pacific--History.
Indigenous peoples--History.--Oceania--History.
Indigenous peoples--History.--Northwest, Pacific--History.
Indigenous peoples--History.--Oceania--History.
Indigenous peoples--History.--Northwest, Pacific--History.
Oceania--Race relations.
Northwest, Pacific--Race relations.
Kolonisatie.
Grondbezit.
Inheemse volken.
Oceanië.
Noord-Amerika.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-380) and index.

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?

ISBN:

0674026128 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674026124 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)122715303

LCCN:

2007011902

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)