Empire calling : administering colonial Australasia and India /

The essays gathered together in this book explore the roles of the men and women who served the British Empire in Australasia and India, and those who were subject to their administration. As these essays demonstrate, administrative arrangements involve complex cross-cultural relationships in coloni...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crane, Ralph J., 1957- (Editor ), Johnston, Anna, 1972- (Editor ), Vijayasree, C. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bengaluru : Foundation Books, 2013.
Temas:
Colonial administrators > Great Britain > History > Congresses.
Administrateurs coloniaux > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Congrès.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
British colonies.
Colonial administrators.
Colonies > Administration.
Great Britain > Colonies > Australasia > Administration > Congresses.
Great Britain > Colonies > India > Administration > Congresses.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Administration > Congrès.
Australasia.
Great Britain.
India.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : administering colonial spaces in Australasia and India / Ralph Crane and Anna Johnston
  • pt. 1. Australasia and its diaspora
  • 1. Benevolent empire? : Protecting indigenous peoples in British Australasia / Allan Lester
  • 2. Population control : A.O. Neville's anxious administration / Rebecca Dorgelo
  • 3. "At home" on a mission station and in a female factory : imagining Mary Hutchinson / Lucy Frost
  • 4. "Dead empires whisper wisdom" : Alfred Domett and the postcolonial conscience / Mark Williams
  • 5. "Operation unique" : administering Pitcairn Island in the twenty-first century / Lisa Fletcher
  • pt. 2. India and its diaspora
  • 6. Indentifying Sher Mohamad : `a good citizen' / Margaret Allen
  • 7. Administering domestic space : Flora Annie Steel's The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook / Ralph Crane and Anna Johnston
  • 8. The native element in the steel frame : Indian ICS Officers' relationship with British colleagues / Meenakshi Sharma
  • 9. The production of colonial knowledge and the role of native intellectuals : the case of Kavali Borraiah / C. Vijayasree
  • 10. Administering the literary empire : Edmund Gosse, Toru Dutt, and Sarojini Naidu / Jane Stafford.

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