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Science, voyages and encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850

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  • Other Name

    Palgrave studies in Pacific history (Series)

  • Description

    "Spanning four centuries and vast space, this book combines the global history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands). Douglas shows how prevailing concepts of human difference, or race, influenced travellers' approaches to encounters.

    Yet their presuppositions were often challenged or transformed by the appearance, conduct, and lifestyle of local inhabitants. The book's original theory and method reveal traces of Indigenous agency in voyagers? representations which in turn provided key evidence for the natural history of man and the science of race. In keeping with recent trends in colonial historiography, Douglas diverts historical attention from imperial centres to so-called peripheries, discredits the outmoded stereotype that Europeans necessarily dominated non-Europeans, and takes local agency seriously."--Back cover.

  • Place
    Houndmills, South View, Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    DU19 DOU (Library of Congress Call Number)

    83580 (Cat ID)

    83552 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Science, voyages and encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850
  • Other Name

    Palgrave studies in Pacific history (Series)

  • Primary Maker

    Bronwen Douglas (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Palgrave Macmillan
  • Place
    Houndmills, South View, Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    2014
  • Physical Description

    xx, 361 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781137305886
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Oceania--Discovery and exploration

    Oceania--Description and travel--History

    Oceania--Social life and customs--History

  • Content
    Introduction: Indigenous presence to the science of race
    Part I. 'Indians', 'Negroes', and 'Savages' in Terra Australis
    1. Before races: barbarity, civility, & salvation in the Mar del Sur. Voyages of the Portuguese, Spanish & Dutch, 1511-1616.
    2. Towards races: ambivalent encounters in the South Seas. Voyages of the British & French, 1577-1794.
    3. Seeing races: confronting 'savages' in Terra Australis. Voyages of Flinders & Baudin, 1795-1803.
    Part II. Race, classification, & encounters in Oceanie
    4. Meeting agency: islanders, voyagers, and races in the Mer du Sud. Voyages of Duperrey, 1822-1825.
    5. Races in the field: encounters and taxonomy in the grand Ocean. Voyages of Freycinet, 1817-1820 & Dumont d'Urville, 1826-1829.
    6. Raciology in action: phrenology, polygenism, and agency in Oceanie. Voyages of Dumont d'Urville, 1837-1840.
    Conclusion: Race in 1850/Oceania in 1850.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-350) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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