Colonising New Zealand : a reappraisal /

Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain's colonization of New Zealand. It commences by confronting the problems arising from subjective and ever-evolving moral judgments about colonization, and examines the possibility of understanding colonizati...

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Main Author: Moon, Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2022].
Series:Routledge studies in modern history.
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Summary:Colonising New Zealand offers a radically new vision of the basis and process of Britain's colonization of New Zealand. It commences by confronting the problems arising from subjective and ever-evolving moral judgments about colonization, and examines the possibility of understanding colonization beyond the confines of any preoccupations with moral perspectives. It then investigates the motives behind Britain's imperial expansion, both in a global context, and specifically in relation to New Zealand. The nature and reasons for this expansion are deciphered using the model of an organic imperial ecosystem, which involves examining the first cause of all colonization, and which provides a means of understanding the disparate parts of the colonial system functioned in the ways that they did. Britain's imperial system did not bring itself into being, and so the notion of the Empire having emerged from a supra-system is assessed, which in turn leads to an exploration of the idea of equilibrium-achievement as the Prime Mover behind all colonization, something that is borne out in New Zealand's experience from the late-eighteenth century. This work changes profoundly the way New Zealand's colonization is interpreted, and provides a framework for reassessing all forms of imperialism.
Physical Description:280 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [236]-275) and index.
ISBN:9780367534233
0367534231
9780367534295
0367534290