Writing, travel, and empire : in the margins of anthropology
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Writing, travel, and empire : in the margins of anthropology
(International library of colonial history, 10)
I.B. Tauris, 2007
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The British Empire drew on the talents of many remarkable figures, whose lives reveal a wonderfully rich involvement with the crucial issues of the period. In many cases they left a legacy of travel writing, novels, biography and ethnography which made important contributions to our knowledge of other cultures."Writing, Travel and Empire" explores the lives and writings of eight such figures, including Sir George Grey, Gertrude Bell, Sir Hugh Clifford, and Roger Casement. All travelled the Empire - from Grey, the renowned colonial governor who undertook dangerous journeys to the interior of Australia, to Tom Harrisson, the emaciated polymath, war hero and Arctic explorer, whose time in the New Hebrides embraced both cannibalistic rituals and a meeting with film legend Douglas Fairbanks Sr, who sought Harrisson out for a Hollywood feature about savage life.All saw themselves as writers, despite their very different approaches and interests, and each was writing against a backdrop of the impending disappearance of indigenous cultures around the world.
Writing from the margins of what was shortly to become the more formalised discipline of anthropology, their work yields interesting insights into both the issues of empire and the ways in which academic disciplines define the boundaries of their subject. Embracing themes such as gender and travel, racial science, the globalisation of 'native management' and the internal colonies, and with a geographical coverage that extends from South America to Russia via Africa and the South Seas, "Writing Travel and Empire" will engage all those with an interest in cultural geography, anthropology, history, postcolonial studies, biography and travel writing.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations - vii
1. Introduction: In the Margins of Anthropology. Peter Hulme and Russell McDougall - 1
2. George Grey in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Leigh Dale - 19
3. Henry Ling Roth in Tasmania. Russell McDougall - 43
4. Flora Annie Steel in the Punjab. Ralph Crane and Anna Johnston - 71
5. Everard im Thurn in British Guiana and the Western Pacific. Rosamund Dalziell - 97
6. Gertrude Lowthain Bell in Mesopotamia. Julia Emberley - 119
7. Hugh Clifford in Malaya. Robert Hampson - 147
8. Roger Casement in the Amazon, the Congo, and Ireland. Helen Carr - 169
9. Tom Harrisson in the New Hebrides and Bolton. Rod Edmond - 197
10. Afterword: Writing in the Margins of a Marginal Discipline. Peter Pels - 221
List of Contributors - 237
Index - 239
by "Nielsen BookData"