Equal subjects, unequal rights : : indigenous peoples in British settler colonies, 1830-1910 / / Julie Evans [and others].

This book focuses on the ways in which the British settler colonies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa treated indigenous peoples in relation to political rights, commencing with the imperial policies of the 1830's and ending with the national political settlements in place by 1...

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Superior document:Studies in imperialism
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Place / Publishing House:Manchester, UK : : Manchester University Press,, 2013, 2012.
©2003
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:MSI edition.
Language:English
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Claiming a second empire
  • 1. Imperial expansion and its critics
  • PART II. Establishing settler dominance
  • 2. Canada: 'If they treat the Indians humanely, all will be well'
  • 3. Australasia: one or two 'honorable cannibals' in the House?
  • 4. South Africa: better 'the Hottentot at the hustings' than 'the Hottentot in the wilds with his gun on his shoulder'
  • PART III. Entrenching settler control
  • 5. Canada: 'a vote the same as any other person'
  • 6. Australasia: 'Australia for the White Man'
  • 7. South Africa: saving the White voters from being 'utterly swamped'
  • Conclusion
  • Index.