Before High Imperialism: Exploring the trans-imperial nature of British colonial violence in Australia, South Africa and India, 1857-1884

帝国主义盛行之前：探索 1857-1884 年英国殖民暴力在澳大利亚、南非和印度的跨帝国性质

• 批准号: 2595947
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2595947
• 关键词: Before; Imperialism; Exploring; trans; imperial

This project will examine the trans-imperial nature of British colonial violence and its importance to the maintenance of colonial rule in Australia, South Africa and India in the formative period 1857-1884. I will explore how colonial violence intersected and constituted a distinct and recognisably British character, despite the barriers of geographical distance and differing forms of colonial administration. This represents an ambitious trans-territorial approach, examining the flow of ideas and practices across imperial spaces and contributing to an 'entangled history' of British colonial violence. Given the urgent questions concerning the contemporary legacy of colonialism and the inherent violence of the British Empire, recently highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement and toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, this research will contribute to a deeper, more informed discussion on the nature of British colonial violence.By applying a trans-territorial approach to British colonial violence, this thesis will explore what distinguished it as British and colonial, examining transmission of ideas across the huge distances and differing administrative contexts that differentiate my case studies. The role of the state in violence in settler colonial Australia, non-settler India and the 'hybrid region' of South Africa will be considered together to explore the extent of a distinctively British form of violence, alongside different forms (counter-insurgency, industrial, structural, symbolic) within that framework. The extent and impact of intra-imperial knowledge transfers will be examined, alongside the application of the principles of genocide studies beyond the settler colonial context. This 'entangled' approach, or histoire croisée, offers an overdue counterpoint to historiographical focus on episodic violence. By recasting the debate in a transnational, pan-imperial context, the reception and learning effects produced can be examined. This project will contribute towards this emerging historiography, laying the foundations for additional scholarship on British colonial violence in its global setting.The timeline 1857-1884 delineates a distinct phase of colonialism prior to the onset of High Imperialism. Following the 1857 Indian Rebellion, violence became 'one of the founding narratives of the colonial state' (Wagner, 2019). The 1884 Berlin Conference and Scramble for Africa catalysed a new era of colonial violence driven by inter-imperial competition. This project focuses on the distinct preceding period, beginning with the 1857 Rebellion. It combines archival research with the methodologies of trans-imperial connection and genocide studies. This includes recent publications such as Dierk Walter's Colonial Violence, Michelle Gordon's Extreme Violence and the British Way and Jonas Kreienbaum's Sad Fiasco. Identified archival collections at The National Archives and British Library, including legal documents, private papers and digitised materials, allow access to primary sources pertaining to my case studies. By examining incidences of violence in each location and applying entangled, trans-imperial and genocide studies frameworks to my analysis, the project is achievable in the given time-frame.This project's entangled approach will contribute to a deeper discussion on the nature of violence in the British Empire. By exploring the extent of a distinctive form of British colonial violence across the geographical expanse and administrative complexity of the Empire, this project will contribute to contemporary questions around how we should consider and react to its legacy. In this introspective moment, an empirical study addressing the distinct character of British colonial violence is timely.

该项目将研究英国殖民暴力的跨帝国性质及其对1857-1884年形成时期澳大利亚，南非和印度殖民统治的重要性。我将探讨殖民地暴力是如何形成和构成一个独特的和可识别的英国性格，尽管地理距离和不同形式的殖民地管理的障碍。这代表了一种雄心勃勃的跨领土方法，研究了帝国空间中思想和实践的流动，并为英国殖民暴力的“纠结历史”做出了贡献。鉴于有关殖民主义的当代遗产和大英帝国的固有暴力的紧迫问题，最近突出的黑人生命物质运动和爱德华·科尔斯顿的雕像倒塌，这项研究将有助于对英国殖民暴力的性质进行更深入，更知情的讨论。通过对英国殖民暴力的跨领土方法，这篇论文将探讨英国与殖民地的区别，考察跨越遥远距离的思想传播，以及不同的行政环境，这些都是我案例研究的不同之处。国家在殖民地澳大利亚、非殖民地印度和南非“混合地区”的暴力行为中的作用将被一并考虑，以探讨英国特有的暴力形式的程度，以及该框架内的不同形式（反叛乱、工业、结构性、象征性）。帝国内部知识转移的程度和影响将被审查，除了种族灭绝研究的原则，超越定居者殖民背景的应用。这种“纠缠”的方法，或histoire croisée，提供了一个迟到的对立面，以史学的重点是偶发性的暴力。通过在一个跨国的、泛帝国的背景下重新塑造这场辩论，可以检验所产生的接受和学习效果。该项目将有助于这一新兴的史学，奠定了基础，在其全球背景下的英国殖民地暴力的额外奖学金。时间轴1857-1884年描绘了一个独特的阶段，殖民主义之前的高帝国主义的发病。1857年印度叛乱之后，暴力成为“殖民国家的创始叙事之一”（瓦格纳，2019）。1884年的柏林会议和争夺非洲，催化了一个由帝国间竞争驱动的殖民暴力新时代。这个项目的重点是独特的前期，从1857年叛乱开始。它将档案研究与跨帝国联系和种族灭绝研究的方法相结合。这包括最近的出版物，如Dierk Walter的Colonial Violence，Michelle Gordon的Extreme Violence and the British Way和Jonas Kreienbaum的Sad Fiasco。在国家档案馆和大英图书馆，包括法律的文件，私人文件和数字化材料，确定档案收藏，允许访问有关我的案例研究的主要来源。通过研究每个地方的暴力事件，并将纠缠的，跨帝国的和种族灭绝的研究框架应用于我的分析，该项目在给定的时间框架内是可以实现的。该项目的纠缠方法将有助于对大英帝国暴力性质的更深入的讨论。通过探索英国殖民暴力的独特形式在整个帝国的地理范围和行政复杂性的程度，这个项目将有助于围绕我们应该如何考虑和应对其遗产的当代问题。在这个反省的时刻，一项针对英国殖民暴力的独特特征的实证研究是及时的。