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

By:

Nanni, Giordano

Series: Publication details: Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2012.Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xviii, 254 pISBN:

9780719091292

Other title:

Ritual, routine and resistance in the British Empire

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304.23709171241 Q2

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Contents:

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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index.

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