Science, Voyages, and Encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction: Indigenous Presence to the Science of Race

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 3-35

3. ‘Indians’, ‘Negroes’, & ‘Savages’ in Terra Australis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Before Races: Barbarity, Civility, & Salvation in the Mar del Sur

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 39-73

   3. Towards Races: Ambivalent Encounters in the South Seas

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 74-105

   4. Seeing Races: Confronting ‘Savages’ in Terra Australis

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 106-157

4. Race, Classification, & Encounters in Océanie

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Meeting Agency: Islanders, Voyagers, & Races in the mer du Sud

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 161-200

   3. Races in the Field: Encounters & Taxonomy in the grand Océan

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 201-251

   4. Raciology in Action: Phrenology, Polygenism, & Agency in Océanie

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 252-286

5. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287

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   2. Conclusion: Race in 1850/Oceania in 1850

      • Bronwen Douglas

      Pages 289-293

6. Back Matter

   Pages 294-361

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Blending global scope with local depth, this book throws new light on important themes. Spanning four centuries and vast space, it combines the history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands).

• Oceania
• Pacific history
• Early Modern history
• Modern history
• Maritime history
• Discovery
• History of Science
• Australia
• Europe
• history

'Bronwen Douglas has produced a volume rich in images and accounts about a crucial period of European expansion into the Pacific Ocean. Her emphasis on 'race' as a European metropolitan as well as a Pacific concept adds to our understanding of the developing histories about Pacific worlds. Douglas' book figures as an important read not only for Pacific experts but needs to be placed alongside similar historical developments in the Atlantic and the Indian oceans.' - Rainer F. Buschmann, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, USA; International Journal of Maritime History

'This book is an outstanding achievement in terms of theoretical innovation and mastery of a wealth of historical detail.' - Paul Turnbull, University of Tasmania, Australia; The Journal of Pacific History

'Bronwen Douglas' book is a well-researched and considered examination of the history and language of race that continues her previous work regarding encounters, Oceania, science and race. ... It is an impressive piece of research and analysis.' - Amanda Lourie, Deakin University, Australia; Journal of Australian Studies

'...this book is an important contribution to our understanding of the history of racial thought in Oceania and the nature of encounters between European explorers and the region's inhabitants.' - Tristan Mostert, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Itinerario

'This study is [...] crucial to an understanding not only of mobility and the concept of race but also the history and contemporary politics of Oceania.' - Nicole Starbuck, University of Adelaide, Australia, Transfers

• The Australian National University, Australia

  Bronwen Douglas

Bronwen Douglas was Senior Fellow at The Australian National University for 16 years and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in retirement. An historian of the interplay of ideas of human difference or race and practical encounters in Oceania, she is author of Across the Great Divide (1998) and co-editor with Chris Ballard of Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750-1940 (2008).
 

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