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Description

1. 222 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. Petitioning for Land is the first book to examine the extent of First Peoples political participation through the use of petitions. Interpreting petitions as a continuous form of political articulation, Karen O'Brien considers petitioning for recognition of prior land ownership as a means by which to locate First Peoples petitioning for change within the broader narrative of historical and contemporary notions of justice. The book follows the story of First Peoples' activism and shows how they actively reform discourse to disseminate a self-determined reality through the act of petitioning. It discloses how, through the petition, First Peoples reject colonialism, even whilst working within its confines. In a reconfiguration of discourse, they actively convey a political or moral meaning to re-emerge in a self-determined world. Taking a socio-legal and historical approach to petitioning, the book questions the state domination of First Peoples, and charts their political action against such control in the quest for self-determination. By uniquely focusing on the act of petitioning, which places First Peoples aspirants centre-stage, O'Brien presents fresh and innovative perspectives concerning their political enterprise. From early modern colonial occupation to contemporary society, the hundreds of petitions that called for change are uncovered in Petitioning for Land, shedding new light on the social and political dynamics that drove the petitions.

Subject

1. Indigenous peoples > Great Britain > Colonies > History
2. British colonies
3. Ethnic relations
4. Indigenous peoples > British colonies
5. Great Britain > Colonies > Ethnic relations > History

Genre/Form

1. History.

Call number

1. JFE 19-2455

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index.

Author

1. O'Brien, Karen L., author.

Title

1. Petitioning for land : the petitions of first peoples of modern British colonies / Karen O'Brien.

Publisher

1. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index.

Other form:

1. Electronic version: O'Brien, Karen. Petitioning for land. London ; New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 9781350010697 (OCoLC)1054092746

ISBN

1. 9781350010680 (hbk.)
2. 1350010685

Research call number

1. JFE 19-2455