Burden or Benefit?: Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies

1. Introduction: What's Wrong with Benevolence?, Chris Tiffin and Helen Gilbert 2. A Short History of Benevolence, Patrick BrantlingerI. Colonial Burdens?3. Thomas Fowell Buxton and the Networks of British Humanitarianism, Alan Lester 4. Settler Colonialism, Utility, Romance: E. G. Wakefield's Letter from Sydney, Lisa O'Connell 5. Benevolence, Slavery, and the Periodicals, Chris Tiffin 6. "This Nineteenth Century of Progress and Humanity": The Life and Times of Frederick Weld, Leigh Dale 7. Women, Philanthropy and Imperialism in Nineteenth-century Britain, Sarah Richardson 8. Blixen's Africa: Wonderland of the Self, Kirsten Holst PetersenII. Contemporary Benefits?9. From Benevolence to Partnership: The Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Aotearoa-New Zealand, Chris Prentice 10. Refusing Benevolence: Gandhi, Nehru, and the Ethics of Postcolonial Relations, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan 11. Rescuing African Women and Girls: Benevolence and the Civilizing Mission in Anti-FGM Discourse, Wairimu Njambi 12. Benevolence and Humiliation: Thinking Migrants, Integration, and Security in Europe, Prem Kumar Rajaram 13. Hearts, Minds, and Wetlands: Stakeholders and Ecosystem Restoration from Florida's Everglades to the Mesopotamian Marshlands, William E. O'Brien Notes on Contributors Index