Title: Edward Eyre : race and colonial governance /
Authors: Evans, Julie, 1952-
Publisher: University of Otago Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Eyre, Edward John,; Colonial administrators Great Britain Biography; Indigenous peoples Great Britain Colonies; Great Britain Colonies History; Great Britain Politics and government; Great Britain History
Abstract: Edward Eyre, the mid-19th century explorer, colonial administrator, and later colonial governor, is remembered as the enlightened defender of Aboriginal rights in Australia, and as the reviled 'butcher of Jamaica' in England and the Caribbean. This book explores Eyre's life and works, and the imperial obligations that framed his administrations.
Contents: Introduction : an ordinary man -- Unsettling encounters : new ways of knowing -- Ordering the chaos of personal experience -- Sharing sovereignty in Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Securing British sovereignty in New Zealand -- Defending British sovereignty within the Caribbean -- Race and colonial governance in the Caribbean, 1854-66 -- Defending British sovereignty in Jamaica, 1862-66 -- Spinning out of control.