History, Heritage, and Colonialism : Historical Consciousness, Britishness, and Cultural Identity in New Zealand, 1870-1940.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (290 pages)
- Studies in Imperialism Series .
- Studies in Imperialism Series .
Intro -- History, heritage, and colonialism -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary of Maori terms -- Introduction -- ONE Entangled objects: tourism and the exhibition of Maori material culture -- TWO Throwing stones at Napoleon: Pakeha identity and the preservation and neglect of Maori material culture -- THREE The art of forgetting: history, myth, and the New Zealand Wars -- FOUR History from below, or, When did parochialism become a dirty word? -- FIVE In pursuit of a national past: 'New Zealand is putting her historical house in order' -- SIX New Zealand in context: history and heritage in late nineteenth-century Canada and Australia -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial society, looking at both indigenous pasts and those of European origin.