Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Editor’s Note vii
3. Contents xi
4. Illustrations xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Conventions xix
7. Note on Sources xxi
8. Part One: Recruiting for New Caledonia
9. Chapter 1. The Pacific Island Labor Trade and New Caledonia 3
10. Chapter 2. The Colony Established 11
11. Chapter 3. Entrepreneurial Recruiting in the 1870s 25
12. Chapter 4. The Kidnapping Inquiries and the Suspension of the Labor Trade, 1880-1882 36
13. Chapter 5. Settlers Triumphant: The Labor Trade Revived 50
14. Chapter 6. The New Century 66
15. Part Two: Profile of Recruits
16. Chapter 7. Men and Motives 75
17. Chapter 8. The Women 90
18. Chapter 9. The Children 116
19. Part Three: At the Workplace
20. Chapter 10. Work in New Caledonia 125
21. Chapter 11. Living and Working in New Caledonia: By Law or Custom? 146
22. Chapter 12. “Perpetual Theft” 166
23. Chapter 13. Sickness and Death 182
24. Chapter 14. “Hebrideans” in Colonial Society 203
25. Chapter 15. Life after Indenture 221
26. Chapter 16 “Nothing More Convenient” 229
27. Appendix: Tables 239
28. Notes 249
29. References 275
30. Index 299
31. Other volumes in the pacific islands monograph series 310
32. About the Author 311