Colonial frontiers, notes Edmonds (U. of Melbourne) in his introduction, existed not just at the borderlands of colonial settler projects but also at the heart of early town and city building. This pr
Global Quotes (Highlights)“Moving deftly between historical and ethnographic time and space, Penelope Edmonds acutely dramatises a political groundswell which, while global in its efflorescence, remai
This book examines the performative life reconciliation and its discontents in settler societies. It explores the refoundings of the settler state and reimaginings of its alternatives, as well as the
Charts the making of colonial spaces in settler colonies of the Pacific Rim during the last two centuries. Contributions journey through time, place and region, and piece together interwoven but discr
Violence and intimacy were critically intertwined at all stages of the settler colonial encounter, and yet we know surprisingly little of how they were connected in the shaping of colonial economies.&
Spanning the late 18th century to the present, this volume explores new directions in imperial and postcolonial histories of conciliation, performance, and conflict between European colonizers and Ind
