Entanglements of Empire : Missionaries, Maori, and the Question of the Body

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ballantyne, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

Maori (New Zealand people)--Missions--History--19th century.

New Zealand--History--To 1840.

Local Subjects:

Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.

Maori (New Zealand people)--Missions--History--19th century.

New Zealand--History--To 1840.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Other Title:

Entanglements of Empire

Place of Publication:

Auckland : Auckland University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Tony Ballantyne (born Dunedin, 1972) is a historian whose works examine the development of imperial intellectual and cultural life in Ireland, India, New Zealand and Britain. He graduated BA at the University of Otago and obtained a PhD at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor C. A. Bayly. He is currently chair of the History Department and director of the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture at the University of Otago, but has previously taught at Washington University in St Louis, the University of Illinois, and the National University of Ireland. In 2012 he was e

Contents:

Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Bodies in Contact, Bodies in Question; Chapter One: Exploration, Empire, and Evangelization; Chapter Two: Making Place, Reordering Space; Chapter Three: Economics, Labor, and Time; Chapter Four: Containing Transgression; Chapter Five: Cultures of Death; Chapter Six: The Politics of the ""Enfeebled"" Body; Conclusion: Bodies and the Entanglements of Empire; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781775587996

1775587991

OCLC:

904404712