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Informationen zum Autor Giordano Nanni is an ARC Research Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne Klappentext The book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European concepts of time were imposed on other cultures as a component of colonisation. It brings together two complex subjects - time and colonialism - in an engaging, non-theoretical and accessible style. 'This impressive book is the first sustained treatment of the effective British colonisation of indigenous time practices. Analysing both the Cape Colony and Australia, Nanni deftly draws our attention to the enormous significance of the temporal as well as the spatial, for the making of the colonial world'. Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex 'A very fine study, one that has much to offer the broad range of scholars interested in understanding colonial struggles and their ongoing legacy.' Kirsten McKenzie, University of Sydney in American Historical Review (April 2013) -- . Zusammenfassung The book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European concepts of time were imposed on other cultures as a component of colonisation. It brings together two complex subjects – time and colonialism – in an engaging, non-theoretical and accessible style. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's introductionIntroduction1. 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 globalisationSelect bibliography Index...
