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Mistress of Everything
. Ed(S): Carter, Sarah; Nugent, Late Maria
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Editor(s): Carter, Sarah; Nugent, Late Maria. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 282 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Mistress of everything examines how indigenous people across Britain's settler colonies engaged with Queen Victoria in their lives and predicaments, incorporated her into their political repertoires, and implicated her as they sought redress for the effects of imperial expansion during her long reign. It draws together empirically rich studies from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa, to provide scope for comparative and transnational analysis.
The book includes chapters on a Maori visit to Queen Victoria in 1863, meetings between African leaders and the Queen's son Prince Alfred in 1860, gift-giving in the Queen's name on colonial frontiers ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Number of Pages
280
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784991401
SKU
V9781784991401
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Carter, Sarah; Nugent, Late Maria
Sarah Carter is Professor and H. M. Tory Chair in the Department of History and Classics and the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta Maria Nugent is Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Indigenous History in the School of History at the Australian National University -- .
Reviews for Mistress of Everything
‘Non-European peoples had reason and opportunity to learn the structure and disposition of the authorities that colonised them. Under British rule, they had time to get to ‘know’ Queen Victoria, for she reigned from 1837 to 1901. ‘Queen Victoria’ was not only an individual but a ‘synonym for the Crown, for the British government and for the Empire’ (p.2). In ... Read more