TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bayliss-Smith, Tim
AU  - A. Bennett, Judith
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_459859
ID  - OAPEN ID: 459859
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030815814
KW  - new zealand history
KW  - Copra
KW  - Fiji
KW  - Makira
KW  - Solomon Islands
KW  - Tobacco
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c630d7c5-fe38-4a83-a002-63b083cd461d/459859.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33579
PB  - ANU Press
PP  - Canberra
PY  - 2012
TI  - An Otago Storeman in Solomon Islands : The diary of William Crossan, copra trader, 1885–86
ER  - 
