History, heritage, and colonialism: Historical consciousness, Britishness, and cultural identity in New Zealand, 1870–1940 (Studies in Imperialism, 123) - Hardcover

Gentry, Kynan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719089212 ISBN 13: 9780719089213

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2015

Synopsis

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 this title

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0719089212
• ISBN 13: 9780719089213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288