Conciliation, compulsion, conversion : British attitudes towards indigenous peoples, 1763-1814 / Merete Falck Borch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borch, Merete Falck, author.

Series:

Cross/cultures ; 72.

Cross/cultures ; 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Race relations.

Indigenous peoples--North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, New York : Rodopi, [2004]

Summary:

This work is an examination of British imperial policy and attitudes towards the original inhabitants in the American colonies, New South Wales and the Cape colony of South Africa. A comparative study of the formative phase in this area of policy, it covers the period between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, examining and comparing the development of policy in each of the three geographical regions and tracing the legal and intellectual context within which this policy took shape. It suggests an important shift of attitude towards indigenous peoples in the course of the period covered - a change that had a major impact on political perceptions and policy formation.

Contents:

Maps

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Colonial and Administrative Background

2. North America c.1760-83

3. New South Wales c.1784-98

4. The Cape of Good Hope c.1795-1814

5. The Legal View

6. Intellectual Developments

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-48795-6

OCLC:

643996421

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004487956 DOI