Colonial archives and their affective states. Habit of a colonial heart ; Developing historical negatives ; Commissions and their storied edges -- Watermarks in colonial history. Hierarchies of credibility ; Imperial dispositions of disregard
Summary
'Along the Archival Grain' examines the nature of colonial governance as seen through its archival habits and conventions, and in doing so offers a series of nuanced meditations on the nature of archives and the spirit with which students of empire should approach them
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index
