The transit of empire : indigenous critiques of colonialism /
In 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit of Empire, Jodi A. Byrd explores how indigeneity functions as transit, a trajectory of movement that s...
Main Author: | Byrd, Jodi A. |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2011]
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Series: | First peoples (2010)
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