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

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Main Author: Banner, Stuart, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Oceania > History.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Oceania > History.
Indigenous peoples > Legal status, laws, etc. > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Land settlement > Oceania > History.
Land settlement > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Oceania > Colonization > History.
Oceania > Race relations.
Northwest, Pacific > Colonization > History.
Northwest, Pacific > Race relations.
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?

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