The people trade Pacific Island laborers and New Caledonia, 1865-1930 - Shineberg, Dorothy (Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-297) and index
Pt. 1 - Recruiting for New Caledonia - 1 - The Pacific Island Labor Trade and New Caledonia - 2 - The Colony Established - 3 - Entrepreneurial Recruiting in the 1870s - 4 - The Kidnapping Inquiries and the Suspension of the Labor Trade, 1880-1882 - 5 - Settlers Triumphant: The Labor Trade Revived - 6 - The New Century -- - Pt. 2 - Profile of Recruits - 7 - Men and Motives - 8 - The Women - 9 - The Children -- - Pt. 3 - At the Workplace - 10 - Work in New Caledonia - 11 - Living and Working in New Caledonia: By Law or Custom? - 12 - "Perpetual Theft" - 13 - Sickness and Death - 14 - "Hebrideans" in Colonial Society - 15 - Life after Indenture - 16 - "Nothing More Convenient"