Fragile Settlements
Author | : Amanda Nettelbeck |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2016-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780774830911 |
ISBN-13 | : 0774830913 |
Rating | : 4/5 (913 Downloads) |
Download or read book Fragile Settlements written by Amanda Nettelbeck and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2016-03-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragile Settlements compares the processes by which British colonial authority was asserted over Indigenous peoples in south-west Australia and Prairie Canada from the 1830s to the early twentieth century. At the start of this period, in a humanitarian response to settlers’ increased demand for land, Britain’s Colonial Office moved to protect Indigenous peoples by making them subjects under British law. This book highlights the parallels and divergences between these connected British frontiers by examining how colonial actors and institutions interpreted and applied the principle of law in their interaction with Indigenous peoples “on the ground.”