Empire and Indigeneity

Richard Price has written widely on British social, labor, and imperial history. His most recent book, Making Empire: Colonial Encounters and the Creation of Imperial Rule in Nineteenth Century Africa (2008), was awarded the 2010 prize for the best book in British history post-1750 by the North American Conference on British Studies.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Origins and Approaches Chapter 1—Engagement Introduction Agency and Engagement Order and Disorder Cultural and Social Intimacies Knowledge and Observation: A New Eye Conclusion Chapter 2—Mentalities Introduction: The Discourse of Humanitarianism Culture and Governance Sensibilities and Psychology Anxieties Conclusion Chapter 3—Policies and Governance: Conciliation and Coercion Introduction: Policies and History The Search for Conciliation Sir George Arthur and Van Diemen’s Land The Disenchantment of Sir George Arthur The Inner Turmoil of Sir George Arthur Chapter 4—Policies and Governance: Protection Sir George Arthur and the Origins of Protection Protection: History and Typologies The Failure of the Port Phillip Protectorate Transforming Protection Conclusion Chapter 5—Policies and Governance: Racial Amalgamation Introduction Racial Amalgamation in Discourse and History Sir George Grey and Racial Amalgamation Racial Amalgamation and the Law Land And Dispossession The Period of Pre-emption: Before c. 1863 Dispossession: Post c. 1860 Conclusion Chapter 6—Law and Sovereignty Introduction: Law and Empire Uncertain Sovereignty: The Continued Importance of Natural Rights When Lawlessness was the Law Exceptionalism or Assimilation? Aboriginal Evidence and the Oath Inter Se Results and Consequences Stabilization: The Emergence of Positivist Law A New Narrative of Aboriginal Rights Conclusion Chapter 7—Violence and the Coming of Colonial Order Introduction Structures of Violence The State and Violence Salutary Terror: The Normalization of Violence The Psychology of Colonial Violence: Fear The Psychology of Colonial Violence: Silence and Denial The Psychology of Colonial Violence: Projection and Narrative Conclusion Chapter 8—The Emergence of Settler Politics Introduction The Exhaustion of the "Humane Policy" Agenda Settler Consciousness Reconciling Liberalism to Empire in Political Theory Conclusion Chapter 9—Legacies in Indigenous Politics Introduction: The Past in the Present The Silences of Settler Society The Making of Modern Indigenous PoliticsDisruptions Chapter 10—Legacies in Imperial Culture Introduction Humanitarian Narratives Silences, Forgetting and Distancing Networks Heroes and Villains Conclusion Bibliography Primary SourcesBibliography Secondary SourcesIndex