| Description/Quantity |
xi, 234 pages : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Series/Collection |
Empires in perspective ; no. 18
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| Notes |
An exploration of the development of racial thought in Australia and New Zealand from the period of first contact between British and Māori and Aboriginal peoples to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi |
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Based on the author's thesis: Warriors and wanderers : making race in the Tasman world, 1769-1840 : a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand / Rachel Standfield. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Otago, 2009 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.'These Warlike People': Violence, Imperial Ethnography and Depictions of Maori Sovereignty on the Endeavour Voyage -- 2.Ẁe See this Country in the Pure State Of Nature': Discourses of Blackness, Absence and Imperial Possibility -- 3.'They Would Speedily Abandon the Country': Reading Land and Resistance at the Time of First Settlement -- 4.À Valuable and Beneficial Article': The Expansion of British Imperialism in the Tasman World -- 5.À Few Blankets ... would Greatly Relieve their Wants': Samuel Marsden in New South Wales -- 6.'The Finest and Noblest Race Of Heathens': The New Zealand Mission and Racial Thought in the Tasman World -- 7.Àn Incontrovertible Right to their own Soil': Land, Race and the Humanitarian Evaluation of Empire -- 8.'That Innocent Commerce': The Aborigines Committee Report's Policy Recommendations and the Unexpected Outcomes of Empire |
| Summary |
British imperial encounters with indigenous cultures created perceptions and stereotypes that still persist today. The initial creation of racial images in relation to violence - such as 'warrior race' or 'unoffending people' - had particular consequences for land ownership. Whilst the Maori of New Zealand were understood to be sovereign owners of their country, Australian Aboriginals were not. Standfield examines these differences and how the occurred |
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Treaty of Waitangi (1840 February 6)
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- First contact with other peoples.
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Public opinion
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- History
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Aboriginal Australians -- First contact with other peoples.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion
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Aboriginal Australians -- History
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New Zealand -- History -- To 1840
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Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations
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| ISBN |
9781848932401 |
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1848932405 |
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9781848932418 (ebk) |
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1848932413 (ebk) |
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