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1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations, map

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Series

Studies in imperialism

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

JSTOR EBA.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note

Print version record.

Summary

Both colonial and postcolonial historical approaches often sideline New Zealand as a peripheral player. This book redresses the balance, and evaluates its role as an imperial power - as both a powerful imperial envoy and a significant presence in the Pacific region.

Contents

Cover; New Zealand's empire; Contents ; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: New Zealand's empire: Katie Pickles and Catharine Coleborne; PART I 'Empire at home'; 1 Te Karere Maori and the defence of empire, 1855-60: Kenton Storey; 2 An imperial icon Indigenised: the Queen Victoria Memorial at Ohinemutu: Mark Stocker; 3 'Two branches of the brown Polynesians': ethnographic fieldwork, colonial governmentality, and the 'dance of agency': Conal McCarthy; PART II Imperial mobility

12 Australia as New Zealand's western frontier, 1965-95: Rosemary Baird and Philippa Mein Smith13 Southern outreach: New Zealand claims Antarctica from the 'heroic era' to the twenty-first century: Katie Pickles ; 14 A radical reinterpretation of New Zealand history: apology, remorse, and reconciliation: Giselle Byrnes; Index

Local Note

JSTOR

Subject

New Zealand -- History.

New Zealand -- Politics and government.

Imperialism -- History.

Nouvelle-Zélande -- Histoire.

Nouvelle-Zélande -- Politique et gouvernement.

Impérialisme -- Histoire.

Australasian & Pacific History.

Colonialism & Imperialism.

HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.

Imperialism. (OCoLC)fst00968126

Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741

New Zealand. (OCoLC)fst01204542

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

History. (OCoLC)fst01411628

Added Author

Pickles, Katie, editor.

Coleborne, Catharine, editor.

Other Form:

Print version: New Zealand's empire. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016 9780719091537 (DLC) 2015509530 (OCoLC)910859566

ISBN

9781784996857 (electronic bk.)

1784996858 (electronic bk.)

9780719091537

0719091535

1526104121

9781526104120