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Samuel Carpenter is an historian of New Zealand/Aotearoa and the British empire who is particularly concerned with the role of ideas in history (‘intellectual history’) and the evolution of political institutions. This is his personal blog page which highlights ongoing research and provides links to publications.
Latest posts…
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Conversations about land, war, etc
H T Kemp was a native interpreter and Crown purchase agent in the 1840s and 50s. He was a son of early missionary James Kemp. His 1870 English and Māori… Read more ⇢
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From the Archives…
My MA thesis of 2007-08 on New Zealand parliamentary debates of the 1850s-60s emphasized the way history imbued the consciousness of the Victorians. In particular, when conceptualizing the history of the… Read more ⇢
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Reading… Thomas Babington Macaulay
If any Briton represents the image of the statesman-scholar of the nineteenth century, it is Thomas Babington (“T B”) Macaulay. Son of the anti-slave trade campaigner, Zachery Macaulay, he was… Read more ⇢
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imperial projects
Another couple of interesting ‘imperial projects’ currently in progress: Alan Lester is leading a project called ‘Snapshots of Empire’ based at the University of Sussex. This project will analyse in detail three separate… Read more ⇢
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Reading… C A Bayly
So I’m reading Christopher Bayly at the moment. When he passed away last year he was one of the leading historians of British India, the British empire generally, and also… Read more ⇢
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Books
My first books have arrived by courier from the fantastic Massey Library Distance Service! Here’s the list: Origins of nationality in South Asia: patriotism and ethical government in the making… Read more ⇢
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My PhD has begun…
I’ve set up this blog page to profile my work and to blog/journal my way through my PhD. I am a PhD candidate in history on a Marsden trust scholarship.… Read more ⇢
Samuel D Carpenter 