Giordano Nanni 
The colonisation of time [EPUB ebook] 
Ritual, routine and resistance in the British Empire

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The Colonisation of Time is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that western-European and specifically British concepts and rituals of time were imposed on other cultures as a fundamental component of colonisation during the nineteenth century. Based on a wealth of primary sources, it explores the intimate relationship between the colonisation of time and space in two British settler-colonies (Victoria, Australia and the Cape Colony, South Africa) and its instrumental role in the exportation of Christianity, capitalism, and modernity, thus adding new depth to our understanding of imperial power and of the ways in which it was exercised and limited. All those intrigued by the concept of time will find this book of interest, for it illustrates how western-European time’s rise to a position of global dominance—from the clock to the seven-day week—is one of the most pervasive, enduring and taken-for-granted legacies of colonisation in today’s world.

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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

Despre autor

Giordano Nanni is an ARC Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 304 ● ISBN 9781526118400 ● Mărime fișier 5.0 MB ● Editura Manchester University Press ● Oraș Manchester ● Țară GB ● Publicat 2020 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 7653129 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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