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Author Crossan, William, author

Title An Otago storeman in Solomon Islands : the diary of William Crossan, copra trader, 1885-86 / edited by Tim Bayliss-Smith, Reader in Pacific Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK, and Judith A. Bennett, Professor of History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Aotearoa
Published Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University E Press, [2012]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 95 pages) : black and white illustrations, black and white maps
Contents Introduction: islands traders and trading -- William Crossan -- Makira islanders and Europeans -- Chiefs and traders -- Crossan's Hada Bay diary -- Appendix 1. 'My dearest aunt' -- Appendix 2. 'All goods at the time of arrival ... '
Summary An Otago Storeman in Solomon Islands reaches from inland South Island of New Zealand across to the Solomon Islands during the 1880s. William Crossan's Otago experience as a versatile storeman with a solid work ethic helped him survive on the Melanesian frontier where he encountered conflicting clans, cannibalism, cheating traders, and co-operative entrepreneurial big men. His diary provides many glimpses into Makiran society as it encountered new ideas, new employment, and western technology. It is a welcome addition to the sparse record of these cryptic copra traders seeking fortunes on the cusp of Indigenous tradition and incoming colonialism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-95)
Notes Print version record
Subject Crossan, William
Copra industry -- Solomon Islands -- History
Merchants -- New Zealand -- Biography
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Merchants
Copra industry
SUBJECT New Zealand -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006595
Solomon Islands -- History -- 19th century
Subject New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Bayliss-Smith, Tim, editor.
Bennett, Judith A., 1944- editor.
ISBN 9781922144218
1922144215