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Author Storey, Kenton, 1980- author.

Title Settler anxiety at the outposts of empire : colonial relations, humanitarian discourses, and the imperial press / Kenton Storey
Published Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2016

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Contents Cover; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Short History of New Zealand and Vancouver Island; 2 Violence and Eviction on Vancouver Island; 3 New Zealand's Humanitarian Extremes; 4 Aboriginal Title and the Victoria Press; 5 The Auckland Press at War; 6 Colonial Humanitarians?; 7 The Imperial Press; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "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."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Colonists -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
Humanitarianism -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
Press -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
Britons -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century
Colonists -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- History -- 19th century
Humanitarianism -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- History -- 19th century
Press -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- History -- 19th century
Britons -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- History -- 19th century
Indigenous peoples -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
British colonies
Britons
Colonists
Ethnic relations
Humanitarianism
Indigenous peoples -- British colonies
Press
Social conditions
Indigenes Volk
Humanitarismus
Ethnische Beziehungen
Presse
Siedler
SUBJECT Great Britain -- New Zealand -- Colonies -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- New Zealand -- Colonies -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Great Britain -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Colonies -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Colonies -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Subject British Columbia -- Vancouver Island
New Zealand
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774829496
0774829494
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0774829508
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0774830786