UID:
almahu_9947414239302882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 283 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139022026 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Critical perspectives on empire
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Colonization and humanitarianism: histories, geographies and biographies -- The genesis of humanitarian governance: George Arthur and the transition from amelioration to protection -- Colonization and protection: an experiment orchestrated in London -- Humane colonization in practice: the Port Phillip District protectorate of aborigines -- The New Zealand protectorate of aborigines -- Humanitarian governance in a settler empire.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107007833
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139022026
