The impact of colonial administrative policies on indigenous social customs in Tahiti and New Caledonia

Bibliographic Data

ID9074047
AuthorsPatrick Pillon (0000-0001-9180-8790, Institut Français), François Sodter (Institut Français)
Year1991
Volume26
Issue2
Pages151-168
Publication date1991-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Pacific History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3344 • E-ISSN: 1469-9605
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00223349108572660
OpenAlexW2037195176
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Tahiti1 in 1842, and New Caledonia in 1853. Following a period of joint admin istration,2 the two colonies continue to be run by administrative personnel answering to the same higher authority, some of whom serve successively in both Territories.3 Yet this Administration rules over two very different indigen ous societies. The first Europeans are quick to notice these differences and to exaggerate them greatly.4 Furthermore, between the two Territories, the colonial objectives are somewhat different, and the potential for colonisation unequal. The establish ment of the protectorate in Tahiti in 1842 stems from the personal initiative of Rear-Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, whose only commission from the French gov ernment was to take possession of the Marquesas Islands,5 with the intention of providing a refitting station for the whaling fleet and a logistics support base for the navy in the Pacific. So, there is no colonial policy at the time of the estab

Administration (probate law) · Archaeology · Colonialism · Commission · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Indigenous · Navy · Notice · Political science · Possession (linguistics) · Protectorate · Whaling · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · New Caledonia Indigenous Studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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