{"product_id":"fragile-settlements-9780774830881","title":"Fragile Settlements","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFragile Settlements\u003c\/em\u003e compares the processes by which colonial authority was asserted over Indigenous people in south-west Australia and prairie Canada from the 1830s to the early twentieth century. At the start of this period, there was an explosion of settler migration across the British Empire. In a humanitarian response to the unprecedented demand for land, Britain's Colonial Office moved to protect Indigenous peoples by making them subjects under British law. This book highlights the parallels and divergences between these connected British frontiers by examining how colonial actors and institutions interpreted and applied the principle of law in their interaction with Indigenous peoples on the ground. \u003cem\u003eFragile Settlements\u003c\/em\u003e questions the finality of settler colonization and contributes to ongoing debates around jurisdiction, sovereignty, and the prospect of genuine Indigenous-settler reconciliation in Canada and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFragile Settlements\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the benefits of collaboration and an answer to the daunting logistics of comparing multiple historic sites ... [It] is a valuable contribution to the historiographies of Canada and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kenton Storey, independent historian, Canada * Australian Historical Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Settler Colonialism and Its Legacies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 British Law and Colonial Legal Regimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Foundations of Colonial Policing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Policing Aboriginal People on the Settler Frontier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Co-optive Policing: Native Police, Trackers, and Scouts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Agents of Protection and Civilization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Aboriginal Peoples and Settlers in the Courts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Agents of the Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Agency and Resistance: Aboriginal Responses to Colonial Authority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Colonizing and Decolonizing the Past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Spaces of Indigenous and Settler Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; Bibliography; Index of Statutes, Treaties, Charters, and Proclamations; Table of Reported Cases; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404933570903,"sku":"9780774830881","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774830881.jpg?v=1730488104","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fragile-settlements-9780774830881","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}