Displacing empire : renegotiating British colonial geographies /

Displacing empire : renegotiating British colonial geographies / Displacing empire edited by Lindsay J. Proudfoot and Michael M. Roche - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2005 - xi, 208 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 25 cm - Heritage, culture, and identity .

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

The contributors in this volume explore postcolonial representations of imperialism and colonialism from materialist and critical geographical perspectives.

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Postcolonialism--English-speaking countries
Decolonization--English-speaking countries
Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries
Decolonization--Commonwealth countries
Imperialsim
Historical geography
Imperialism--Congresses
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Historical geography--Congresses
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European history
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United Kingdom, Great Britain
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History
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Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century
Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century
Ireland--History--19th century
Great Britain--Colonies--History--Congresses
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