Wealth of the Solomons: A History of a Pacific Archipelago, 1800-1978 (Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 3)

Bennett Judith A. : **Judith A. Bennett** is professor of Pacific history at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. EDITOR'S NOTE CONTENTS FIGURES PHOTOS TABLES PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MEASUREMENTS AND SPELLING CHAPTER 1 The Solomon Islands in 1800 CHAPTER 2 The ship men (c. 1800-1860) CHAPTER 3 The traders and their masters (c. 1860-1900) CHAPTER 4 The attractions of trade (c. 1860-1900) CHAPTER 5 The colonial government and pacification (c. 1896-1920) CHAPTER 6 The colonial government and land alienation (c. 1900-1920) CHAPTER 7 The colonial government and labor (c. 1900-1930)167 CHAPTER 8 The plantation (c. 1900-1930) CHAPTER 9 Producers and consumers (c. 1900-1930) CHAPTER 10 Weathering the storm (c. 1930-1942) CHAPTER 11 A rumor of utopia: The western and central Solomons (c. 1930-1942) CHAPTER 12 More rumors: The eastern Solomons (c. 1930-1942) CHAPTER 13 World War II and aftermath (c. 1942-1955) CHAPTER 14 Independence: Coming, ready or not! (1955-1978) Epilogue APPENDIXES APPENDIX 1 Whaling contacts and sightings, c. 1800-1890 APPENDIX 2 Castaways, deserters, and runaway convicts in the Solomon Islands, c. 1820-1870 APPENDIX 3 Items of trade, where mentioned, of whaling ships and other non-trading vessels, 1798-1860 APPENDIX 4 Exports and shipping from Solomon Islands to port of Sydney, c. 1854-1896 APPENDIX 5 Location of resident traders and non-Melanesian staff, c. 1860-1900 APPENDIX 6 Violent conflicts between Solomon Islanders and Europeans engaged in trading, c. 1860-1896 APPENDIX 7 Resident commissioners and district officers before World War II, by districts APPENDIX 8 Petitions to Resident Commissioner, 1912 ABBREVIATIONS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INFORMANTS GENERAL INDEX INDEX OF SHIPS