New Zealand S Empire

Author : Felicity Barnes
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775581291

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New Zealand's London by Felicity Barnes Pdf

Antipodean soldiers and writers, meat carcasses and moa, British films and Kiwi tourists—throughout the last 150 years, people, objects and ideas have gone back and forth between New Zealand and London, defining and redefining the relationship between this country and the colonial center that many New Zealanders once called home. Exploring the relationship between a colony and its metropolis from Wakefield to the Wombles, it answers questions, including How did New Zealanders define themselves in relation to the center of British culture? and How did New Zealanders view London when they walked through King's Cross or saw the city in movies? By focusing on particular themes—from agricultural marketing to expatriate writers—this discussion develops a larger story about the construction of colonial and national identities.

Author : David Thackeray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192548665

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Forging a British World of Trade by David Thackeray Pdf

Brexit is likely to lead to the largest shift in Britain's economic orientation in living memory. Some have argued that leaving the EU will enable Britain to revive markets in Commonwealth countries with which it has long-standing historical ties. Their opponents maintain that such claims are based on forms of imperial nostalgia which ignore the often uncomfortable historical trade relations between Britain and these countries, as well as the UK's historical role as a global, rather than chiefly imperial, economy. Forging a British World of Trade explores how efforts to promote a 'British World' system, centred on promoting trade between Britain and the Dominions, grew and declined in influence between the 1880s and 1970s. At the beginning of the twentieth century many people from London, to Sydney, Auckland, and Toronto considered themselves to belong to culturally British nations. British politicians and business leaders invested significant resources in promoting trade with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa out of a perception that these were great markets of the future. However, ideas about promoting trade between 'British' peoples were racially exclusive. From the 1920s onwards, colonized and decolonizing populations questioned and challenged the basis of British World networks, making use of alternative forms of international collaboration promoted firstly by the League of Nations, and then by the United Nations. Schemes for imperial collaboration amongst ethnically 'British' peoples were hollowed out by the actions of a variety of political and business leaders across Asia and Africa who reshaped the functions and identity of the Commonwealth.

Author : John MacKenzie
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300268812

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A Cultural History of the British Empire by John MacKenzie Pdf

A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world As the British Empire expanded across the globe, it exported more than troops and goods. In every colony, imperial delegates dispersed British cultural forms. Facilitated by the rapid growth of print, photography, film, and radio, imperialists imagined this new global culture would cement the unity of the empire. But this remarkably wide-ranging spread of ideas had unintended and surprising results. In this groundbreaking history, John M. MacKenzie examines the importance of culture in British imperialism. MacKenzie describes how colonized peoples were quick to observe British culture—and adapted elements to their own ends, subverting British expectations and eventually beating them at their own game. As indigenous communities integrated their own cultures with the British imports, the empire itself was increasingly undermined. From the extraordinary spread of cricket and horse racing to statues and ceremonies, MacKenzie presents an engaging imperial history—one with profound implications for global culture in the present day.

Author : Michael J.K. Walsh,Andrekos Varnava
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317029823

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The Great War and the British Empire by Michael J.K. Walsh,Andrekos Varnava Pdf

In 1914 almost one quarter of the earth's surface was British. When the empire and its allies went to war in 1914 against the Central Powers, history's first global conflict was inevitable. It is the social and cultural reactions to that war and within those distant, often overlooked, societies which is the focus of this volume. From Singapore to Australia, Cyprus to Ireland, India to Iraq and around the rest of the British imperial world, further complexities and interlocking themes are addressed, offering new perspectives on imperial and colonial history and theory, as well as art, music, photography, propaganda, education, pacifism, gender, class, race and diplomacy at the end of the pax Britannica.

Author : Paul Moon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000435214

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Colonising New Zealand by Paul Moon Pdf

Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain’s colonisation of New Zealand. It commences by confronting the problems arising from subjective and ever-evolving moral judgements about colonisation and examines the possibility of understanding colonisation beyond the confines of any preoccupations with moral perspectives. It then investigates the motives behind Britain’s imperial expansion, both in a global context and specifically in relation to New Zealand. The nature and reasons for this expansion are deciphered using the model of an organic imperial ecosystem, which involves examining the first cause of all colonisation and which provides a means of understanding why the disparate parts of the colonial system functioned in the ways that they did. Britain’s imperial system did not bring itself into being, and so the notion of the Empire having emerged from a supra-system is assessed, which in turn leads to an exploration of the idea of equilibrium-achievement as the Prime Mover behind all colonisation—something that is borne out in New Zealand’s experience from the late eighteenth century. This work changes profoundly the way New Zealand’s colonisation is interpreted, and provides a framework for reassessing all forms of imperialism.

Author : Katie Pickles,Catharine Coleborne
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784996239

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New Zealand's empire by Katie Pickles,Catharine Coleborne Pdf

Both colonial and postcolonial historical approaches often sideline New Zealand as a peripheral player. This book redresses the balance, and evaluates its role as an imperial power – as both a powerful imperial envoy and a significant presence in the Pacific region.

Author : Tanja Bueltmann
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748646364

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Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, 1850-1930 by Tanja Bueltmann Pdf

The Scots accounted for around a quarter of all UK-born immigrants to New Zealand between 1861 and 1945, but have only been accorded scant attention in New Zealand histories, specialist immigration histories and Scottish Diaspora Studies. This is peculiar because the flow of Scots to New Zealand, although relatively unimportant to Scotland, constituted a sizable element to the country's much smaller population. Seen as adaptable, integrating relatively more quickly than other ethnic migrant groups in New Zealand, the Scots' presence was obscured by a fixation on the romanticised shortbread tin facade of Scottish identity overseas.Uncovering Scottish ethnicity from the verges of nostalgia, this study documents the notable imprint Scots left on New Zealand. It examines Scottish immigrant community life, culture and identity between 1850 and 1930.

Author : Ron Palenski
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775581949

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The Making of New Zealanders by Ron Palenski Pdf

Examining the development of a sense of national identity in a British colony, this highly authoritative work is a valuable addition to the literature in New Zealand. By looking at the onset of home-grown shipping, railway, and telegraph networks as well as at the Maori and kiwi experiences, not to mention the emergence of rugby teams, this book accounts for how transplanted Britons, and others, turned themselves into New Zealanders—a distinct group of people with their own songs and sports, symbols and opinions, political traditions, and sense of self. Tracing markers in popular culture, political processes, and public events, this informative and thrilling history focuses on the forging of a distinctive new culture and society.

Author : Douglas E. Campbell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781105420719

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BuNos! Disposition of World War II USN, USMC and USCG Aircraft Listed by Bureau Number by Douglas E. Campbell Pdf

A snapshot in time. After thousands of hours of research and data entry over a 35-year period, the information on the disposition of some 25,000 US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard aircraft needs to be published. These aircraft mainly represent those built and lost during World War II - between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945 - but this book also contains aircraft built before WWII that were lost during WWII or disposed of after WWII (lost during the Korean War, lost on training exercises, sold to private investors, currently located in museums and even some still proudly sitting as "gate guards" across the US, etc.).

Author : J. Griffiths
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137385734

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Imperial Culture in Antipodean Cities, 1880-1939 by J. Griffiths Pdf

Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire.

Author : Jody Emel,Harvey Neo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317816409

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Political Ecologies of Meat by Jody Emel,Harvey Neo Pdf

Livestock production worldwide is increasing rapidly, in part due to economic growth and demand for meat in industrializing countries. Yet there are many concerns about the sustainability of increased meat production and consumption, from perspectives including human health, animal welfare, climate change and environmental pollution. This book tackles the key issues of contemporary meat production and consumption through a lens of political ecology, which emphasizes the power relations producing particular social, economic and cultural interactions with non-human nature. Three main topics are addressed: the political ecology of global livestock production trends; changes in production systems around the world and their implications for environmental justice; and existing and emerging governance strategies for meat production and consumption systems and their implications. Case studies of different systems at varying scales are included, drawn from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe. The book includes an editorial introduction to set the context and synthesize key messages for the reader.

Author : Mortimer Epstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1480 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230270596

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The Statesman's Year-Book by Mortimer Epstein Pdf

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Author : Tony Ballantyne
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822375883

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Entanglements of Empire by Tony Ballantyne Pdf

The first Protestant mission was established in New Zealand in 1814, initiating complex political, cultural, and economic entanglements with Maori. Tony Ballantyne shows how interest in missionary Christianity among influential Maori chiefs had far-reaching consequences for both groups. Deftly reconstructing cross-cultural translations and struggles over such concepts and practices as civilization, work, time and space, and gender, he identifies the physical body as the most contentious site of cultural engagement, with Maori and missionaries struggling over hygiene, tattooing, clothing, and sexual morality. Entanglements of Empire is particularly concerned with how, as a result of their encounters in the classroom, chapel, kitchen, and farmyard, Maori and the English mutually influenced each other’s worldviews. Concluding in 1840 with New Zealand’s formal colonization, this book offers an important contribution to debates over religion and empire.

Author : General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UCAL:B4523840

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Finding List of the Free Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York by General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free Library Pdf

Author : General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : PRNC:32101073753657

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Finding List of the Apprentices' Library ... by General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. Free Library Pdf