1996•The American Historical ReviewRequires access
Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Government.
Michael Adas, Nicholas Thomas
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Abstract
List of illustrations Preface Introduction 1. From Present to Past: the Politics of Colonial Studies 11 2. Culture and Rule: Theories of Colonial Discourse 33 3. From Past to Present: Colonial Epochs, Agents, and Locations 66 4. Colonial Governmentality and Colonial Conversion 105 5. Imperial Triumph, Settler Failure 143 6. The Primitivist and the Postcolonial 170 Notes 196 Notes to Plates 231 Index 235