The colonisation of time : ritual, routine and resistance in the British Empire /

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nanni, Giordano
Formato: Printed Book
Publicado em: Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012.
Edição:Paperback edition.
Colecção:Studies in imperialism
Assuntos:
Imperialism
Indigenous peoples > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope
Indigenous peoples > Australia > Victoria
Time perception > South Africa > Cape of Good Hope.
Time perception > Australia > Victoria.
British > South Africa
British > Australia
Clocks and watches
Sunday
Acesso em linha:http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719091292/
Sumário:
  • Clocks, Sabbaths and seven-day weeks: the forging of European temporal identities
  • Terra sine tempore: colonial constructions of 'Aboriginal time'
  • Cultural curfews: the contestation of time in settler-colonial Victoria
  • 'The moons are always out of order': colonial constructions of 'African time'
  • Empire of the seventh day: time and the Sabbath beyond the Cape frontiers
  • Lovedale: missionary schools and the reform of 'African time'
  • Conclusion: from colonisation to globalisation.

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