Webs of empire : locating New Zealand's colonial past

Ballantyne, Tony

Notes
374 p Contents: Introduction : relocating colonial histories -- Reframing colonialism -- 1. Race and the webs of empire -- Connections -- 2. Writing out Asia -- 3. Teaching Maori about Asia -- 4. India in New Zealand -- 5. Te Anu's story -- Empire -- 6. Sealers, whalers and the entanglements of empire -- 7. Christianity, colonisation and cross-cultural communication -- 8. War, knowledge and the crisis of empire -- Writing -- 9. Archives, empires and histories of colonialism -- 10. Mr Peal's archive -- 11. Paper, pen and print -- 12. Writing and the culture of colonisation -- Place -- 13. Thinking local -- 14. On place, space and mobility -- Conclusion : writing the colonial past Summary: Breaking open colonisation to reveal tangled cultural and economic networks, Webs of Empire offers new paths into our colonial history. Linking Gore and Chicago, Māori and Asia, India and newspapers, whalers and writing; empire building becomes a spreading web of connected places, people, ideas and trade. These links question narrow, national stories, while broadening perspectives on the past and the legacies of colonialism that persist today. (Publisher)
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Tony Ballantyne
Location edition Bar Code due date
NON FICTION A02140
Dewey:993.02 a15
call #:993.02
ISBN:9781927131435
pub:2012