Orientalism and race : Aryanism in the British Empire
The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the 19th century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. This study traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire
Print Book, English, 2002
Palgrave, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 2002
xi, 266 pages : map ; 23 cm.
9780333963609, 9780333919088, 9780230507036, 0333963601, 0333919084, 0230507034
47716357
Acknowledgements Introduction: Aryanism and the Webs of Empire The Emergence of Aryanism: Company Orientalism, Colonial Governance and Imperial Ethnology Indocentrism on the New Zealand Frontier: Geographies of Race, Empire and Nation Systematizing Religion: From Tahiti to the Tat Khalsa 'Hello Ganesha!': Indocentrism and the Interpretation of Maori Religion Print, Literacy, and the Recasting of Maori Identities The Politics of Language, Nation, and Race: Hindu Identities in the Late Nineteenth Century Conclusion: Knowledge, Empire, Globalization Bibliography Index
Includes chapters on New Zealand and the Pacific