The Aborigines' Protection Society : humanitarian imperialism in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, South Africa, and the Congo, 1836-1909 / James Heartfield.
Alternative Title
Humanitarian imperialism in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, South Africa, and the Congo, 1836-1909
How the abolition of slavery changed Britain's empire -- The select committee on aborigines -- The Aborigines' Protection Society -- An empire to protect aborigines -- The society and public opinion -- Conflict with the colonists -- Understanding the natives -- The Aborigines' Protection Society's impact on the colonies. Australia and the first aborigines' protectorate -- New Zealand and the Maoris -- Fiji and the Western Pacific -- The Indians of North America -- Colonising southern Africa -- For and against Leopold's Congo.
ISBN
9781849041201 (hbk.)
1849041202 (hbk.)
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Humanitarian imperialism in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, South Africa, and the Congo, 1836-1909
Descript
xii, 379 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
How the abolition of slavery changed Britain's empire -- The select committee on aborigines -- The Aborigines' Protection Society -- An empire to protect aborigines -- The society and public opinion -- Conflict with the colonists -- Understanding the natives -- The Aborigines' Protection Society's impact on the colonies. Australia and the first aborigines' protectorate -- New Zealand and the Maoris -- Fiji and the Western Pacific -- The Indians of North America -- Colonising southern Africa -- For and against Leopold's Congo.
How the abolition of slavery changed Britain's empire -- The select committee on aborigines -- The Aborigines' Protection Society -- An empire to protect aborigines -- The society and public opinion -- Conflict with the colonists -- Understanding the natives -- The Aborigines' Protection Society's impact on the colonies. Australia and the first aborigines' protectorate -- New Zealand and the Maoris -- Fiji and the Western Pacific -- The Indians of North America -- Colonising southern Africa -- For and against Leopold's Congo.