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The colonisation of time, ritual, routine and resistance in the British Empire, Giordano Nanni

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The colonisation of time, ritual, routine and resistance in the British Empire, Giordano Nanni
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The colonisation of time
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Giordano Nanni
Series statement
MUP - Manchester Studies in Imperialism
Sub title
ritual, routine and resistance in the British Empire
Table Of Contents
General Editor's introduction -- Introduction -- 1. Clocks, Sabbaths and seven-day weeks: The forging of temporal identities -- 2. Terra sine tempore: Colonial constructions of 'Aboriginal time' -- 3. Cultural curfews: The contestation of time in settler-colonial Victoria -- 4. 'The moons are always out of order': Constructions of 'African time' -- 5. Empire of the seventh day: Time and the Sabbath beyond the Cape frontiers -- 6. Lovedale, missionary schools and the reform of 'African time' -- 7. Conclusion: From colonisation to globalisation -- Select Bibliography -- Index
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