{"product_id":"the-colonisation-of-time-ritual-routine-and-resistance-in-the-british-empire-studies-in-imperialism-94-9780719091292","title":"The Colonisation of Time Ritual Routine and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European \u003cbr\u003econcepts 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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'.\u003cbr\u003eAlan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A very fine study, one that has much to offer the broad range of scholars interested in understanding colonial struggles and their ongoing legacy.'\u003cbr\u003eKirsten McKenzie, University of Sydney in American Historical Review (April 2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[...] if the measure of a good book is that it should ignite the reader’s imagination and suggest all kinds of questions for future research, then this monograph delivers and is a welcome addition to the literature on colonial studies.\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Editor’s introduction\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Clocks, Sabbaths and seven-day weeks: The forging of temporal identities\t\t\u003cbr\u003e2. Terra sine tempore: Colonial constructions of ‘Aboriginal time’ \t\t\u003cbr\u003e3. Cultural curfews: The contestation of time in settler-colonial Victoria\t  \u003cbr\u003e4. ‘The moons are always out of order’: Constructions of ‘African time’\t\t     \u003cbr\u003e5. Empire of the seventh day: Time and the Sabbath beyond the Cape frontiers\t\u003cbr\u003e6. Lovedale, missionary schools and the reform of ‘African time’\t\t\u003cbr\u003e7. Conclusion: From colonisation to globalisation\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037347643735,"sku":"9780719091292","price":23.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719091292.jpg?v=1750935388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-colonisation-of-time-ritual-routine-and-resistance-in-the-british-empire-studies-in-imperialism-94-9780719091292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}