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Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the Eastern Cape region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies. It examines: * the origins and development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler * the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents * the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign * the eventual colonisation of the Eastern cape and the construction of colonial settler identities.
Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British Colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies. Drawing on materialist South African historiography, postcolonial theory and geographical conceptions, imperial Networks examines: * the origins and early nineteenth century development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler * the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents * the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign * the eventual colonisation of the Xhosa and the construction of colonial settler identities. Imperial Networks introduces students to key debates in the historiography of nineteenth century South Africa, as well as in materialist and postcolonial constructions of the past.
The new world created through Anglophone emigration in the 19th
century has been much studied. But there have been few accounts of
what this meant for the Indigenous populations. This book shows
that Indigenous communities tenaciously held land in the midst of
dispossession, whilst becoming interconnected through their
struggles to do so.
The new world created through Anglophone emigration in the 19th
century has been much studied. But there have been few accounts of
what this meant for the Indigenous populations. This book shows
that Indigenous communities tenaciously held land in the midst of
dispossession, whilst becoming interconnected through their
struggles to do so.
This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between
humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial
transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from
the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role
of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late
twentieth century. Contributors explore the trade-offs between
humane concern and the altered context of colonial and postcolonial
realpolitik. They also showcase an array of methodologies and
sources with which to explore the relationship between
humanitarianism and colonialism. These range from the biography of
material objects to interviews as well as more conventional
archival enquiry. They also include work with and for Indigenous
people whose family histories have been defined in large part by
'humanitarian' interventions. -- .
How did those responsible for creating Britain's nineteenth-century
settler empire render colonization compatible with humanitarianism?
Avoiding a cynical or celebratory response, this book takes
seriously the humane disposition of colonial officials, examining
the relationship between humanitarian governance and empire. The
story of 'humane' colonial governance connects projects of
emancipation, amelioration, conciliation, protection and
development in sites ranging from British Honduras through Van
Diemen's Land and New South Wales, New Zealand and Canada to India.
It is seen in the lives of governors like George Arthur and George
Grey, whose careers saw the violent and destructive colonization of
indigenous peoples at the hands of British emigrants. The story
challenges the exclusion of officials' humanitarian sensibilities
from colonial history and places the settler colonies within the
larger historical context of Western humanitarianism.
Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most
diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once.
Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria's
reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an
entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the
British Empire sought to manage simultaneous events across the
globe. Using case studies including Canada, South Africa, the
Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal how the
empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between
Parliament's, colonial governors', colonists' and colonised
peoples' agendas. They also highlight the compromises that these
men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and
liberalism to the realities of an empire imposed through violence
and governed in the interests of Britons.
Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most
diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once.
Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria's
reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an
entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the
British Empire sought to manage simultaneous events across the
globe. Using case studies including Canada, South Africa, the
Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal how the
empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between
Parliament's, colonial governors', colonists' and colonised
peoples' agendas. They also highlight the compromises that these
men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and
liberalism to the realities of an empire imposed through violence
and governed in the interests of Britons.
How did those responsible for creating Britain's nineteenth-century
settler empire render colonization compatible with humanitarianism?
Avoiding a cynical or celebratory response, this book takes
seriously the humane disposition of colonial officials, examining
the relationship between humanitarian governance and empire. The
story of 'humane' colonial governance connects projects of
emancipation, amelioration, conciliation, protection and
development in sites ranging from British Honduras through Van
Diemen's Land and New South Wales, New Zealand and Canada to India.
It is seen in the lives of governors like George Arthur and George
Grey, whose careers saw the violent and destructive colonization of
indigenous peoples at the hands of British emigrants. The story
challenges the exclusion of officials' humanitarian sensibilities
from colonial history and places the settler colonies within the
larger historical context of Western humanitarianism.
This volume uses a series of portraits of 'imperial lives' in order
to rethink the history of the British Empire in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. It tells the stories of men and women
who dwelt for extended periods in one colonial space before moving
on to dwell in others, developing 'imperial careers'. These men and
women consist of four colonial governors, two governors' wives, two
missionaries, a nurse/entrepreneur, a poet/civil servant and a
mercenary. Leading scholars of colonialism guide the reader through
the ways that these individuals made the British Empire, and the
ways that the empire made them. Their life histories constituted
meaningful connections across the empire that facilitated the
continual reformulation of imperial discourses, practices and
cultures. Together, their stories help us to re-imagine the
geographies of the British Empire and to destabilize the categories
of metropole and colony.
"From Colonisation to Democracy" traces the development of modern
South African society, establishing the geographical and historical
context in which adaptation has occurred. Alan Lester identifies
and explains the most important historical continuities in South
Africa which have shaped present society. These include social
groupings and their stratification, political institutions, the
patterns of human geography, economic structure and external links
and influences.
This volume uses a series of portraits of 'imperial lives' in order
to rethink the history of the British Empire in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. It tells the stories of men and women
who dwelt for extended periods in one colonial space before moving
on to dwell in others, developing 'imperial careers'. These men and
women consist of four colonial governors, two governors' wives, two
missionaries, a nurse/entrepreneur, a poet/civil servant and a
mercenary. Leading scholars of colonialism guide the reader through
the ways that these individuals made the British Empire, and the
ways that the empire made them. Their life histories constituted
meaningful connections across the empire that facilitated the
continual reformulation of imperial discourses, practices and
cultures. Together, their stories help us to re-imagine the
geographies of the British Empire and to destabilize the categories
of metropole and colony.
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