Bain Attwood re-examines the historical treatment of indigenous peoples' sovereignty and property rights in Australia and New Zealand, demonstrating that it was primarily the outcome of political struggles between multiple players at the metropolitan centre and the peripheries of empire, rather than the workings of abstract norms.
Bain Attwood re-examines the historical treatment of indigenous peoples' sovereignty and property rights in Australia and New Zealand, demonstrating that it was primarily the outcome of political struggles between multiple players at the metropolitan centre and the peripheries of empire, rather than the workings of abstract norms.
Bain Attwood is Professor of History at Monash University and has held fellowships at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University. His book Possession: Batman's Treaty and the Matter of History (2009) won the Ernest Scott Prize for the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand. He is the author of Rights for Aborigines (2003) and the co-editor of Protection and Empire: A Global History (2018).
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Principal Players; Maps; Introduction; 1. Claiming Possession in New Holland and New Zealand, 1770s 1820s; 2. Batman's Treaty and the Rise and Fall of Native Title, 1835 1836; 3. The South Australian Colonisation Commission, the Colonial Office, and Aboriginal Rights in Land, 1834 1837; 4. Protection Claims and Sovereignty in the Islands of New Zealand, 1800 1839; 5. Making Agreements and a Struggle for Authority, 1839 1840; 6. The Land Claims Commission and the Return of the Treaty, 1840 1843; 7. A Colony in Crisis and a Select Committee, 1843 1844; 8. The Retreat of the Government and the Rise of the Treaty, 1844 1845; 9. The Making of Native Title, 1845 1850; Conclusion; Appendix (The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi); Bibliography; Index
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Principal Players; Maps; Introduction; 1. Claiming Possession in New Holland and New Zealand, 1770s 1820s; 2. Batman's Treaty and the Rise and Fall of Native Title, 1835 1836; 3. The South Australian Colonisation Commission, the Colonial Office, and Aboriginal Rights in Land, 1834 1837; 4. Protection Claims and Sovereignty in the Islands of New Zealand, 1800 1839; 5. Making Agreements and a Struggle for Authority, 1839 1840; 6. The Land Claims Commission and the Return of the Treaty, 1840 1843; 7. A Colony in Crisis and a Select Committee, 1843 1844; 8. The Retreat of the Government and the Rise of the Treaty, 1844 1845; 9. The Making of Native Title, 1845 1850; Conclusion; Appendix (The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi); Bibliography; Index
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