{"product_id":"2026200013623-secondhand-imperial-benevolence-making-british-authority-in-the-pacific-islands","title":"Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority In The Pacific Islands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the British Empire's reach across the globe, the Pacific Islands became a crucible for one of history's most contested and complex exercises of colonial power — Imperial Benevolence: Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands chronicles how Britain constructed, justified, and maintained its dominion over the peoples of the Pacific throughout the nineteenth century. Jane Samson argues that British authority in the region was not simply imposed through brute force, but was carefully packaged under the guise of humanitarian concern — a calculated rhetoric of protection and civilisation that masked the mechanics of imperial control. Drawing on a rich array of missionary records, naval dispatches, and colonial correspondence, Samson dissects the ideological scaffolding that underpinned British intervention in Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia.\n\nSamson's rigorous scholarship illuminates the interplay between evangelical Christianity, maritime law, and racial paternalism as the key instruments through which empire was made to appear both necessary and benign. Her analysis cuts through the self-congratulatory narratives of Victorian Britain to reveal the Indigenous voices, resistances, and negotiations that complicated the colonial project at every turn. Written with precise, authoritative prose, Imperial Benevolence stands as an essential work for understanding how empire was not merely a political structure but a deeply moral performance — and one that leaves the reader asking how much of that performance continues to echo today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203393462491,"sku":"2026200013623-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/708c269b-2437-459d-8298-ad0ae2f48f47.png?v=1788148461","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013623-secondhand-imperial-benevolence-making-british-authority-in-the-pacific-islands","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}