Colonising New Zealand - A Reappraisal

Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain's colonisation of New Zealand. It confronts moral judgements about colonisation, and investigates the motives behind Britain's imperial expansion, both in a global context, and in relation to New Zealand.

List of contents

0. Introduction Part One: The Moral Empire 1. The Arc of Empire 2. Seeing the Empire 3. The Good with the Bad 4. Moral Evolution 5. Beyond the Moral Empire Part Two: An Imperial Supra-System 6. Contemporaneous Perceptions of the Imperial System 7. The Imperial Ecosystem 8. An Imperial Supra-System Part Three: The Imperial Equilibrium 9. The Imperial Equilibrium 10. Coda

About the author

Paul Moon is Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology. He has a Doctor of Philosophy, a Master of Arts, and a Master of Philosophy, and in 2003, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London. He also holds several other international fellowships.

Summary

Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain’s colonisation of New Zealand. It confronts moral judgements about colonisation, and investigates the motives behind Britain’s imperial expansion, both in a global context, and in relation to New Zealand.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Moon, Paul (Auckland University of Technology Moon, Moon Paul
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9780367534295
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53429-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, General & world history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Australasian & Pacific history, General and world history, Australasia, Australasian and Pacific history, Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa