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PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN-101526136880
ISBN-139781526136886
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Book TitleMistress of Everything : Queen Victoria in Indigenous Worlds
Number of Pages280 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRoyalty, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Europe / Great Britain / General, International Relations / Diplomacy, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMaria Nugent
Book SeriesStudies in Imperialism Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight14.1 Oz
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Dewey Edition23
Reviews'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 Mistress ofEverything ten historians of British settler-colonial southern Africa, Australia, Canada and New Zealand richly illustrate how Victoria was 'known' to the colonised.' Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University, Oceania 'In its innovations and the depth of each of its contributions, this volume will act asa beginning. The editors have brought together an exciting collection of papers,which separately and together will stimulate many more conversations acrossnational and racial borders. They have taken us outside the ghetto of 'settlercolonialism' to explore colonised peoples' responses to their colonisation farmore widely and realistically than is often possible. We are in a far strongerposition to see the ways empires and sovereigns make their claims, how genderand power intersect and how colonised peoples' challenges to those claims havetaken shape in a range of conditions and different media, all of which havechanged over time.' Heather Goodall, University of Technology Sydney, AboriginalHistory, Vol. 41, 2017 'The editors have compiled a stimulating collection of studies that entice the reader with absorbing case studies from across the British Empire.' Aidan Jones, King's College London, Royal Studies Journal, '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 Mistress of Everything ten historians of British settler-colonial southern Africa, Australia, Canada and New Zealand richly illustrate how Victoria was 'known' to the colonised.'Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University, Oceania'In its innovations and the depth of each of its contributions, this volume will act asa beginning. The editors have brought together an exciting collection of papers,which separately and together will stimulate many more conversations acrossnational and racial borders. They have taken us outside the ghetto of 'settlercolonialism' to explore colonised peoples' responses to their colonisation farmore widely and realistically than is often possible. We are in a far strongerposition to see the ways empires and sovereigns make their claims, how genderand power intersect and how colonised peoples' challenges to those claims havetaken shape in a range of conditions and different media, all of which havechanged over time.'Heather Goodall, University of Technology Sydney, AboriginalHistory, Vol. 41, 2017, "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 Mistress of Everything ten historians of British settler-colonial southern Africa, Australia, Canada and New Zealand richly illustrate how Victoria was 'known' to the colonised." - Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University, Oceania "In its innovations and the depth of each of its contributions, this volume will act as a beginning. The editors have brought together an exciting collection of papers, which separately and together will stimulate many more conversations across national and racial borders. They have taken us outside the ghetto of 'settler colonialism' to explore colonised peoples' responses to their colonisation far more widely and realistically than is often possible. We are in a far stronger position to see the ways empires and sovereigns make their claims, how gender and power intersect and how colonised peoples' challenges to those claims have taken shape in a range of conditions and different media, all of which have changed over time." - Heather Goodall, University of Technology Sydney, Aboriginal History, Vol. 41, 2017 "In its innovations and the depth of each of its contributions, this volume will act as a beginning. The editors have brought together an exciting collection of papers, which separately and together will stimulate many more conversations across national and racial borders." - Heather Goodall, University of Technology, Aboriginal History, Vol. 41, 2017 "Skilfully edited, Mistress of Everything is organised into three thematic clusters." - Elizabeth Elbourne, McGill University, Australian Historical Studies, February 2018, '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 Mistress of Everything ten historians of British settler-colonial southern Africa, Australia, Canada and New Zealand richly illustrate how Victoria was 'known' to the colonised.' Tim Rowse, Western Sydney University, Oceania 'In its innovations and the depth of each of its contributions, this volume will act asa beginning. The editors have brought together an exciting collection of papers,which separately and together will stimulate many more conversations acrossnational and racial borders. They have taken us outside the ghetto of 'settlercolonialism' to explore colonised peoples' responses to their colonisation farmore widely and realistically than is often possible. We are in a far strongerposition to see the ways empires and sovereigns make their claims, how genderand power intersect and how colonised peoples' challenges to those claims havetaken shape in a range of conditions and different media, all of which havechanged over time.' Heather Goodall, University of Technology Sydney, AboriginalHistory, Vol. 41, 2017 'The editors have compiled a stimulating collection of studies that entice the reader with absorbing case studies from across the British Empire.' Aidan Jones, King's College London, Royal Studies Journal
Series Volume Number141
Dewey Decimal941.081
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Indigenous histories, settler colonies and Queen Victoria - Maria Nugent and Sarah Carter Part I - Monarch, metaphor, memory 1. 'We have seen the son of Heaven/We have seen the Son of Our Queen': African encounters with Prince Alfred on his royal tour, 1860 - Hilary Sapire 2. 'We rejoice to honour the Queen, for she is a good woman, who cares for the Maori race': Loyalty and protest in Maori politics in nineteenth-century New Zealand - Michael Belgrave 3. 'The faithful children of the Great Mother are starving': Queen Victoria in contact zone dialogues in western Canada - Sarah Carter 4. The politics of memory and the memory of politics: Australian Aboriginal interpretations of Queen Victoria, 1881-2011 - Maria Nugent Part II - Royal relations 5. 'My vast Empire & all its many peoples': Queen Victoria's imperial family - Barbara Caine 6. Maori encounters with 'Wikitoria' in 1863 and Albert VictorPomare, her Maori godchild - Chanel Clarke 7. Southern African royalty and delegates visit Queen Victoria, 1882-95 - Neil Parsons Part III - Sovereign subjects? 8. Sovereignty performances, sovereignty testings: The Queen's currency and imperial pedagogies on Australia's south-eastern settler frontiers - Penelope Edmonds 9. Bracelets, blankets and badges of distinction: Aboriginal subjects and Queen Victoria's gifts in Canada and Australia - Amanda Nettelbeck 10. Chiefly women: Queen Victoria, Meri Mangakahia, and the Maori parliament - Miranda Johnson Select bibliography Index
SynopsisMistress 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. -- ., 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 in Canada and Australia, and Maori women's references to Queen Victoria in support of their own chiefly status and rights. The collection offers an innovative approach to interpreting and including indigenous perspectives within broader histories of British imperialism and settler colonialism., 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 in Canada and Australia, and Maori women's references to Queen Victoria in support of their own chiefly status and rights. The collection offers an innovative approach to interpreting and including indigenous perspectives within broader histories of British imperialism and settler colonialism. -- ., 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.
LC Classification NumberDA554
