Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of maps and figures vii
4. List of contributors ix
5. Acknowledgements xii
6. Maps xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I Monarch, metaphor, memory
9. 1 ‘We have seen the son of Heaven/We have seen the Son of Our Queen’ 25
10. 2 ‘We rejoice to honour the Queen, for she is a good woman, who cares for the Māori race’ 54
11. 3 ‘The faithful children of the Great Mother are starving’ 78
12. 4 The politics of memory and the memory of politics 100
13. 5 ‘My vast Empire & all its many peoples’ 125
14. 6 Māori encounters with ‘Wikitoria’ in 1863 and Albert Victor Pomare, her Māori godchild 144
15. 7 Southern African royalty and delegates visit Queen Victoria, 1882–95 166
16. Part III Sovereign subjects?
17. 8 Sovereignty performances, sovereignty testings 187
18. 9 Bracelets, blankets and badges of distinction 210
19. 10 Chiefly women 228
20. Select bibliography 246
21. Index 249