Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance - 9781107007833

Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian GovernanceProtecting Aborigines across the Nineteenth-Century British Empire\nAuthor(s): Alan Lester, Fae Dussart\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107007833, 978-1107007833\nSynopsis\nHow did those responsible for creating Britain's nineteenth-century settler empire render colonization compatible with humanitarianism? Avoiding a cynical or celebratory response, this book takes seriously the humane disposition of colonial officials, examining the relationship between humanitarian governance and empire. The story of 'humane' colonial governance connects projects of emancipation, amelioration, conciliation, protection and development in sites ranging from British Honduras through Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, New Zealand and Canada to India. It is seen in the lives of governors like George Arthur and George Grey, whose careers saw the violent a.