This essay focuses on ane perience often overlooked in the analyses of French presence in Oceania, the early Marist attempts at permanent settlement in the Solomon Islands and Muyuw (1840s-1850s). The correspondance of Xavier Montrouzier provides a window into this early French missionary activity.

Eraly French Missionaries in Oceania: Xavier Montrouzier's Expectations and Fantasies challendeg by Indigenous Responses

A. Paini
2025-01-01

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This essay focuses on ane perience often overlooked in the analyses of French presence in Oceania, the early Marist attempts at permanent settlement in the Solomon Islands and Muyuw (1840s-1850s). The correspondance of Xavier Montrouzier provides a window into this early French missionary activity.
2025
9798881903008
Indigenous Agency, Muyuw, Montrouzier, missionary narratives, New Caledonia
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