The French Presence in the South Pacific, 18421940 [Paperback]

An examination of France's presence in the South Pacific after the takeover of Tahiti. It places the South Pacific in the context of overall French expansion and current theories of colonialism and imperialism and evaluates the French impact on Oceania.French images of the South Pacific; the establishment of a French empire in Oceania; French missionaries in Oceania; the French navy in the South Pacific; French economic interests in the Pacific colonies; settlers, administrators and imported labourers; the French and the islanders; France, Australia and New Zealand; the oceanic lobby in Paris; France in the Pacific in the early 20th century.