Title Racial crossings : race, intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire / Damon Ieremia Salesa

Published Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 295 pages) Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Contents Cover; Contents; Key Maori Terms and Concepts; Introduction: The Problem of Racial Crossing; 1. Amalgamating Races: The 'New System' of Colonization and Racial Management; 2. 'Pandemonium on Earth'? Intimacy and Encounter in Pre-Colonial New Zealand; 3. The Experiment of Racial Amalgamation; 4. Racial Crossing and the Empire: Scholarship, Science, Politics, and Place; 5. A Tender Way in Race War; Conclusion: Dwelling in Unity; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y Summary Moving away from conventional theories about Victorian attitudes towards race, Salesa focuses on an an array of equally influential, yet seemingly opposite, ideas where racial crossing was seen as a means of improvement, a way to manage racial conflict or create new societies, or even a way to promote the rule of law Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index Notes Print version record Subject Interracial marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Interracial marriage -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century Māori (New Zealand people) -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family. British colonies Interracial marriage Māori (New Zealand people) Race relations Noho-ā-iwi. Whakapapa. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056653 Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Subject Great Britain New Zealand Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199604159 0199604150 9780191619212 0191619213

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