[PDF] Fiji The Fijians The Islands Their Inhabitants Vol1 Mission History Vol2 eBook

Author : Thomas Williams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 2017-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780331888881

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Excerpt from Fiji and the Fijians, Vol. 1: The Islands and Their Inhabitants The Missionaries who have given to these languages a fixed orthography, have wisely adopted the Roman alphabet, and a system of vowels having the Italian power, which met the requirements of the case far better than the almost exceptional sounds of the English vowels. As regards the consonants, the Missionaries found that the Fijian did not require all the characters used by ourselves some of these were therefore rejected, while some were employed where we have recourse to a clumsy combination. Thus, for instance, they have taken the unnecessary C to express the soft dental Th. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James Calvert
Publisher :
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781331846451

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Excerpt from Fiji and the Fijians, Vol. 2: Mission History The material of this Mission History has been supplied by the Rev. James Calvert, who laboured in Fiji for seventeen years. For the facts alone is he responsible. It is necessary to state this, as there are remarks made with reference to himself in these pages, to the insertion of which his own modesty would never allow him to consent. A large amount of circumstantial detail has been left out, in consequence of the limited space at the Editor's disposal. In some cases it has been found difficult to give the whole of even the necessary outline. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Jane Samson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0824862945

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This insightful analysis of British imperialism in the south Pacific explores the impulses behind British calls for the protection and "improvement" of islanders. From kingmaking projects in Hawaii, Tonga, and Fiji to the "antislavery" campaign against the labor trade in the Western pacific, the author examines the deeply subjective, cultural roots permeating Britons' attitudes toward Pacific Islanders. By teasing out the connections between those attitudes and the British humanitarian and antislavery movements, Imperial Benevolence reminds us that nineteenth-century Britain was engaged in a global campaign for "Christianization and Civilization."

Author : Birgit Meyer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,74 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780804744645

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This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic—usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern—is also at home in modernity.