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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Behlmer, George K., author.
Title: Risky shores : savagery and colonialism in the western Pacific / George K. Behlmer.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018004274 (print) | LCCN 2018005314 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503605954 (e-book) | ISBN 9781503604926 | ISBN 9781503604926 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781503605947 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Melanesia—Social life and customs. | Melanesia—Foreign public opinion, British. | Great Britain—Colonies—Oceania—History. | Primitive societies—Melanesia.
Classification: LCC DU490 (ebook) | LCC DU490 .B44 2018 (print) | DDC 995—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004274
Cover design: Cadence Design Studio | Preston Thomas
Cover art: Massacre of the Rev. John Williams, Possibly a George Baxter print commissioned by the London Missionary Society. British Museum.
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