Chapter Nine Archives, Empires and Histories of Colonialism

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface 6
4. Acknowledgements 9
5. Note on Language and Usage 12
6. Introduction 13
7. Reframing Colonialism
8. Race and the Webs of Empire 26
9. Connections
10. Writing Out Asia 52
11. Teaching Māori about Asia 67
12. India in New Zealand 84
13. Te Anu’s Story 107
14. Empire
15. Sealers, Whalers and the Entanglements of Empire 126
16. Christianity, Colonialism and Cross-Cultural Communication 139
17. War, Knowledge and the Crisis of Empire 161
18. Writing
19. Archives, Empires and Histories of Colonialism 180
20. Mr Peal’s Archive 192
21. Paper, Pen and Print 207
22. Writing and the Culture of Colonisation 230
23. Place
24. Thinking Local 248
25. On Place, Space and Mobility 266
26. Writing the Colonial Past 285
27. Editorial Note 298
28. Endnotes 300
29. Index 361