| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Studies in imperialism |
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Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Contents |
Introduction : Indigenous histories, settler colonies and Queen Victoria -- 1. "We have seen the son of Heaven/We have seen the son of our Queen" : African encounters with Prince Alfred on his royal tour, 1860 -- 2. "We rejoice to honour the Queen, for she is a good woman, who cares for the Māori race" : loyalty and protest in Maori politics in nineteenth-century New Zealand -- 3. "The faithful children of the Great Mother are starving" : Queen Victoria in contact zone dialogues in western Canada -- 4. The politics of memory and the memory of politics : Australian Aboriginal interpretations of Queen Victoria, 1881-2011 -- 5. "My vast Empire & all its many peoples" : Queen Victoria's imperial family -- 6. Māori encounters with 'Wikitoria' in 1863 and Albert Victor Pomare, her Māori godchild -- 7. Southern African royalty and delegates visit Queen Victoria, 1882-95 -- 8. Sovereignty performances, sovereignty testings : the Queen's currency and imperial pedagogies on Australia's south-eastern settler frontiers -- 9. Bracelets, blankets and badges of distinction : Aboriginal subjects and Queen Victoria's gifts in Canada and Australia -- 10. Chiefly women : Queen Victoria, Meri Mangakahia, and the Māori parliament |
| Summary |
Mistress of everything examines how Indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and predicaments, incorporated her into their political repertoires, and implicated her as they sought redress for the effects of imperial expansion during her long reign. It draws together empirically rich studies from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa, to provide scope for comparative and transnational analysis. The book includes chapters on a Maori visit to Queen Victoria in 1863, meetings between African leaders and the Queen's son Prince Alfred in 1860, gift-giving in the Queen's name on colonial frontiers in Canada and Australia, and Maori women's references to Queen Victoria in support of their own chiefly status and rights. The collection offers an innovative approach to interpreting and including Indigenous perspectives within broader histories of British imperialism and settler colonialism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Public opinion
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Public opinion
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 fast |
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Visits of state -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
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Visits of state
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Social conditions
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Public opinion
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British colonies
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056823
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carter, Sarah, 1954- editor.
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Nugent, Maria, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781526115065 |
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1526115069 |
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9781526100320 |
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1526100320 |
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