Settler Anxiety at the Outposts of Empire: Colonial Relations, Humanitarian Discourses, and the Imperial Press Contributor(s): Storey, Kenton (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774829478 ISBN-13: 9780774829472 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Indigenous Studies - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.800 |
LCCN: 2016301726 |
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (2.55 lbs) 312 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: During the 1850s and 1860s, there was considerable anxiety among British settlers over the potential for Indigenous rebellion and violence. Yet, publicly admitting to this fear would have gone counter to Victorian notions of racial superiority. In this fascinating book, Kenton Storey challenges the idea that a series of colonial crises in the mid-nineteenth century led to a decline in the popularity of humanitarianism across the British Empire. Instead, he demonstrates how colonial newspapers in New Zealand and on Vancouver Island appropriated humanitarian language as a means of justifying the expansion of settlers' access to land, promoting racial segregation, and allaying fears of potential Indigenous resistance. |