Australian Imperialism in the Pacific: The Expansionist Era 1820-1920

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This book is a study of the motives, methods, and consequences of Australian imperialism in the Pacific region, written by Roger C. Thompson, a historian and professor at the Australian National University. The book analyses the political, economic, strategic, and ideological factors that drove Australias expansionist policies and actions in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the impact of imperialism on the Pacific peoples and their cultures. The book was published by Melbourne University Press in 1980 and has 289 pages.