History, Heritage, and Colonialism: Historical Consciousness, Britishness, and Cultural Identity in New Zealand, 1870-1940 (Studies in Imperialism #123) (Hardcover)

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History, heritage, and colonialism explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial society, looking at both indigenous pasts and those of European origin.

Focusing on New Zealand, but also covering the Australian and Canadian experiences, it explores how different groups and political interests have sought to harness historical narrative in support of competing visions of identity and memory. Considering this within the frames of the local and national as well as of empire, the book offers a valuable critique of the study of colonial identity-making and cultures of colonisation.

This book offers important insights for societies negotiating the legacy of a colonial past in a global present, and will be of particular value to all those concerned with museum, heritage, and tourism studies, as well as imperial history.

About the Author


Kynan Gentry is a Lecturer in History at the Australian National University


Product Details
ISBN: 9780719089213
ISBN-10: 0719089212
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: April 1st, 2015
Pages: 288
Language: English
Series: Studies in Imperialism