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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.

Publication Info.	Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University E Press, [2012]
	Š2012

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (ix, 95 pages) : black and white illustrations, black and white maps
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-95).
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.
Note	Print version record.
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 ... '
Subject	Crossan, William.
	Copra industry -- Solomon Islands -- History.
	Merchants -- New Zealand -- Biography.
	New Zealand -- History -- 19th century.
	Solomon Islands -- History -- 19th century.
	Coprah -- Industrie -- Salomon -- Histoire.
	Commerçants -- Nouvelle-Zélande -- Biographies.
	Nouvelle-Zélande -- Histoire -- 19e sičcle.
	Salomon -- Histoire -- 19e sičcle.
	HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
	Merchants
	Copra industry
	New Zealand https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRmXBg7mpKX7p4DJ8Kqp
	Solomon Islands https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvcYyJ7PmQvVvMk9hWqwC
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Biographies
	History
	Biographies.
	Biographies.
Added Author	Bayliss-Smith, Tim, editor.
	Bennett, Judith A., 1944- editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Crossan, William. Otago storeman in Solomon Islands 9781922144201 (OCoLC)811083218
ISBN	9781922144218 (electronic bk.)
	1922144215 (electronic bk.)
	9781922144201 (pbk.)
	1922144207 (pbk.)
Standard No.	AU@ 000050039258
	AU@ 000058146480
	AU@ 000060581820
	AU@ 000069216602
	GBVCP 1008657689
	GBVCP 865753776
	NLGGC 370680588
	AU@ 000075781592