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Few Pacific history books have stood the test of time as well as They Came for Sandalwood, but Dorothy Shineberg's book, first published in 1967, has never been bettered. This fascinating account of the sandalwood trade describes the first regular contact between Europeans and the Melanesians of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Shineberg studied the relationships and rivalries between European traders and European missionaries, between trader and trader, and between tribe and tribe among the indigenous peoples. Her book documents the details and color of

Intro -- Editor's Note -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Note on Sources -- Part One -- The Pacific Island Labor Trade and New Caledonia -- The Colony Established -- Entrepreneurial Recruiting in the 1870s -- The Kidnapping Inquiries and the Suspension of the Labor Trade, 1880-1882 -- Settlers Triumphant: The Labor Trade Revived -- The New Century -- Part Two -- Men and Motives -- The Women -- The Children -- Part Three -- Work in New Caledonia -- Living and Working in New Caledonia: By Law or Custom? -- Perpetual Theft -- Sickness and Death -- Hebrideans in Colonial Society -- Life after Indenture -- Nothing More Convenient -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index.