Law, History, Colonialism: The Reach of EmpireDiane Elizabeth Kirkby, Catharine Coleborne Manchester University Press, 2001 - 307 pages Drawing on contemporary research from an internationally acclaimed group of scholars, this work brings together the disciplines of law, history and post-colonial studies in an exploration of imperialism. |
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... Race ' definition run amuck : ' slaying the dragon of Eskimo status ' before the Supreme Court of Canada , 1939 Constance Backhouse 65 5 The paradox of ' ultra - democratic ' government : indigenous civil rights in nineteenth - century ...
... Race ' definition run amuck : ' slaying the dragon of Eskimo status ' before the Supreme Court of Canada , 1939 Constance Backhouse 65 5 The paradox of ' ultra - democratic ' government : indigenous civil rights in nineteenth - century ...
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... Race ' , gender and nation in history and law Constance Backhouse , Ann Curthoys , Ian Duncanson and Ann Parsonson Index - 301 277 GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION Western concepts of law were deeply embedded [ vi ] CONTENTS.
... Race ' , gender and nation in history and law Constance Backhouse , Ann Curthoys , Ian Duncanson and Ann Parsonson Index - 301 277 GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION Western concepts of law were deeply embedded [ vi ] CONTENTS.
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Contents
Introduction page | 1 |
Colonialisms legality | 7 |
chartering English colonies on the American | 26 |
the Georgian colonies of | 46 |
Imperialism and citizenship | 63 |
indigenous | 78 |
fear and the franchise | 91 |
the work of | 106 |
George Browns narrative | 156 |
Land sovereignty and imperial frontiers | 171 |
sovereigntys power in | 190 |
Land conveyancing reform and the problem of the married | 207 |
Colonialisms legacy | 241 |
the question of evidence | 261 |
Race gender and nation in history and law | 277 |
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