Invoking empire : imperial citizenship and indigenous rights across the British world, 1860–1900 / Darren Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Darren (Historian), author.

Series:

Studies in Imperialism Series

Studies in Imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Settler colonialism.

Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Great Britain.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([224] pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Darren Reid is a Postdoctoral Fellow in History at McGill University

Summary:

Invoking Empire combines nine case studies from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa to demonstrate the diverse ways people continued to interact with imperial authority in the decades before and after their colonies gained self-government, attending specifically to their efforts to apply imperial power in their local communities.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1 Settler imperial citizenship within representative governments

1. Undermining imperial maladministration: British Columbia, 1869–1870

2. Influencing native policy through the British House of Commons: Natal, 1875–1880

3. Opposing a corrupt colonial legal system: Western Australia, 1886

Part 2 Settler imperial citizenship within responsible governments

4. Securing settler futurity against indigenous resistance: New Zealand, 1860–1861

5. Protestant freedom versus catholic tyranny: Quebec, 1875–1877

6. Mass petitioning as participatory imperial politics: Cape Colony, 1884–1885

Part 3 Indigenous imperial citizenship

7. Petitioning for African voting rights: Cape Colony, 1887

8. Indigenous credibility in the imperial metropole: New Zealand, 1882

9. Humanitarian interference in indigenous delegations: New Zealand, 1884

Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-8161-4

1-5261-8163-0

OCLC:

1528629742