| ID | 184788 |
| Title Proper | (Re)Imagining Anglo-American Relations |
| Other Title Information | Natural History, Sport Hunting and Scientific Imperialism in the Vernay-Faunthorpe Indian Expeditions of 1922–29 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tan, Isaac CK |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | From December 1922 to February 1929, two Englishmen, Lieutenant-Colonel John Champion Faunthorpe and Arthur Stannard Vernay, led six expeditions to the Indian subcontinent to collect animal specimens for the newly refurbished American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This article argues that the Vernay-Faunthorpe Expeditions were an expression of a new form of Anglo-American relations that engaged the language of scientific knowledge in maintaining Western hegemonic influence in the early twentieth century. Inspired by genuine scientific objectives as much as by aspirations to reassert Western hegemony in a time of rising nationalism and declining imperial influence, this timely collaboration reimagined imperialism beyond territorial expansion, but in the discursive spaces of indigenous nature and wildlife exhibitions. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 45, No.1; Feb 2022: p.67-84 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol: 45 No 1 |
| Key Words | Anglo-American Relations ; British India ; Game Hunting ; Museum Expeditions ; Natural History |