New Zealand aspirations in the Pacific in the nineteenth century / by Angus Ross
1964, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #433622
Physical description; xi, 332 pages : map ; 23 cm. Notes; Based on Ph. D thesis, Cambridge University. Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-319) and index. Contents; Preface -- 1. Introduction: the idea and its background (Earliest links ; Arguments of the advocates of the colonization of New Zealand ; Early missionary relations between New Zealand and the islands). 2. Early expansionist tendencies (Bopundary questions ; Beginnings of New Zealand trade with the islands ; Fear of the French in the Pacific). 3. Early missionary developments (The Rev. Walter Lawry and Methodist links with Tonga and Fiji ; Presbyterian beginnings in the New Hebrides ; Bishop Selwyn and the founding of the Melanesian Mission). 4. Governor Grey's early Pacific schemes (Relations with Tonga and Fiji ; Naval officers as Grey's liaison officers ; Grey, the French, and New Caledonia). 5. Limited developments, 1850-1870 (Further forecasts ; Slow growth of trade ; Missionary progress ; Questions of sovereignty in the islands). 6. Dramatic events and developments, 1870-1877 (The labour traffic and the missionaries ; Patteson's martyrdom ; Evangelical work continued). 7. Trade, communications, and banking (Normal trade ; The Bank of Nw Zealand in Fiji). 8. Vogel's political designs, 1870-1877 (Samoa, Fiji and all Polynesia ; The Polynesia Trading Company ; Limited political proposals). 9. The hardening tradition, 1878-1883 (Grey as politician ; Protection of the New Hebrides recommended ; Foreign powers and French convicts in the Pacific ; Grey's confederation and annexation bill ; The Intercolonial Convention of 1883). 10. Post-Convention fears and projects, 1883-1891 (New Zealand decisions on the Intercolonial Conference and on New Guinea ; Fijian federation with New Zealand proposed ; Missionary and commercial developments). 11. New Zealand and Samoa, 1883-1891 (Backgriound factors ; John Lundon in Samoa ; New Zealand government requests ; Grudging acceptance of 1889 settlement ; New Zealand and Tonga, 1883-1891). 12. New Zealand vs. France, 1883-1891 (French transportation opposed ; Rapa and the New Hebrides ; Crisis and compromise in the New Hebrides).13. Minor compensations (New Zealand acquites the Kermadec Islands ; New Zealand seeks British protection for the Cook Islands ; British protection over the Cook Islands declared).14. Seddon's imperialism I (Samoa again ; The annexation of the Cook Islands).15. Seddon's imperialism II (Federation with Fiji favoured ; Hawaii, Tonga, the New Hebrides and other islands) -- 16. Conclusion. Subjects; Geschichte 1800-1900. International relations. Civilization, Modern 19th century. New Zealand History. New Zealand Relations Polynesia. New Zealand Relations Melanesia. Polynesia Relations New Zealand. Melanesia Relations New Zealand. Melanesia. New Zealand. Polynesia. Oceania History. Islands of the Pacific Relations (general) with New Zealand. New Zealand Commerce. New Zealand Foreign relations.
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