(Dis)placing empire : renegotiating British colonial geographies / Displacing empire edited by Lindsay J. Proudfoot, Michael M. Roche. - xi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Heritage, culture, and identity . - Heritage, culture, and identity. .

"First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : place, network, and the geographies of empire / Lindsay Proudfoot and Michael Roche -- Colonial spaces and sites of resistance : landed estates in 19th century Ireland / Paddy Duffy -- The unsettled country : landscape, history, and memory in Australia's wheatlands / Joy McCann -- Place and presbyterian discourse in colonial Australia / Lindsay Proudfoot -- Irishness, gender, and household space in 'an up-country township' / Di Hall -- Performing power, demonstrating resistance : interpreting Queen Victoria's visit to Dublin in 1900 / Yvonne Whelan -- Environment-identity convergences in Australia, 1880-1950 / J.M. Powell -- Empire, duty, and land : soldier settlement in New Zealand, 1915-1924 / Michael Roche -- 'Oriental sore' or 'public nuisance' : the regulation of prostitution in Colonial India, 1805-1889 / M. Satish Kumar -- Prostitution and the place of empire : regulation and repeal in Hong Kong and the British imperial network / Philip Howell -- Displacement / Lindsay Proudfoot and Michael Roche.

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1800-1999


Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries.
Decolonization--English-speaking countries.
Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.
Decolonization--Commonwealth countries.
Postcolonialisme--Anglophonie.
Decolonisation--Anglophonie.
Postcolonialisme--Pays du Commonwealth.
Decolonisation--Pays du Commonwealth.
British colonies.
Decolonization.
Postcolonialism.


Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Histoire--19e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Histoire--20e siecle.
Commonwealth countries.
English-speaking countries.


History.

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