Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights : Indigenous People in British Settler Colonies, 1830-1910.
Title:
Equal Subjects, Unequal Rights : Indigenous People in British Settler Colonies, 1830-1910.
Author:
Evans, Julie.
ISBN:
9781847790606
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series:
Studies in Imperialism
Contents:
CONTENTS -- MAPS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- NOTES ON AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I Claiming a second empire -- 1 Imperial expansion and its critics -- PART II Establishing settler dominance -- 2 Canada: 'If they treat the Indians humanely, all will be well' -- 3 Australasia: one or two 'honorable cannibals' in the House? -- 4 South Africa: better 'the Hottentot at the hustings' than 'the Hottentot in the wilds with his gun on his shoulder' -- PART III Entrenching settler control -- 5 Canada: 'a vote the same as any other person' -- 6 Australasia: 'Australia for the White Man' -- 7 South Africa: saving the White voters from being 'utterly swamped' -- CONCLUSION -- INDEX.
Abstract:
This book focuses on the ways in which the British settler colonies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa treated indigenous peoples in relation to political rights, commencing with the imperial policies of the 1830s and ending with the natio.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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