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

Author:
Stuart Banner.
Publication info:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Format:
Book

Holdings

Osgoode Hall Law School Library

Location and Availability
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K 3248 L36 B36 2007 		Available

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Subjects

Subject:
Indigenous peoples » Legal status, laws, etc. » Oceania » History.
Subject:
Indigenous peoples » Legal status, laws, etc. » Northwest, Pacific » History.
Subject:
Indigenous peoples » Land tenure » Oceania » History.
Subject:
Indigenous peoples » Land tenure » Northwest, Pacific » History.
Subject:
Land settlement » Oceania » History.
Subject:
Land settlement » Northwest, Pacific » History.
Subject:
Oceania » Colonization » History.
Subject:
Northwest, Pacific » Colonization » History.
Subject:
Oceania » Race relations.
Subject:
Northwest, Pacific » Race relations.

More Details

Title:
Possessing the Pacific : land, settlers, and indigenous people from Australia to Alaska / Stuart Banner.
Main Author:
Banner, Stuart, 1963-
Language:
English
Published:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007
Related Resource:
Physical Description:
vi, 388 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780674026124 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0674026128 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Table of Contents

  • Introduction : The Pacific world and its Atlantic antecedents
  • Australia : terra nullius by design
  • New Zealand : conquest by contract
  • New Zealand : conquest by land tenure reform
  • Hawaii : preparing to be colonized
  • California : terra nullius by default
  • British Columbia : terra nullius as kindness
  • Oregon and Washington : compulsory treaties
  • Fiji and Tonga : the importance of indigenous political organization
  • Alaska : occupancy and neglect
  • Conclusion : What produced colonial land policy?