"Thoughtlessly Savage Words" and Deeds
The contested legitimacy of colonial violence, New Caledonia, 1917
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4549704 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Muckle (0000-0002-1866-2331, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-5768 • E-ISSN: 1532-5768 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/cch.2017.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W2607374856 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In 1917, while in the midst of mobilization for the Great War, French authorities in New Caledonia sought to mobilize the French army, local settlers and Indigenous Kanak allies in the repression of a local "revolt." This article critically examines the archive of one of the punitive expeditions that followed during New Caledonia's "1917" war. By identifying and tracing the agreements and disagreements that emerged over the use of violence before and during the expedition, I challenge the dominant representations of the violence involved, including the notion of a punitive expedition
Colonial rule · Colonialism · Criminology · Ethnology · Indigenous · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Punitive damages · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |