Laidlaw Colonial connections, 1815–45

Patronage, the information revolution and colonial government
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-440-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, Band 59, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

This groundbreaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laidlaw, Zoë

Laidlaw, Zoe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
I - Metropolitan concerns
2. Networking the Empire
3. Asserting metropolitan control: the Colonial Office 1815-36
II - Colonial struggles
4. The isolation of governors
5. Traffic: the unofficial correspondence of colonial officials
6. Colonial lobbyists: tactics and networks
III - Agendas for imperial reform
7. An information revolution
8. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Laidlaw Zoë:
Zoë Laidlaw is Reader in British Imperial and Colonial History at Royal Holloway, University of LondonZoe Laidlaw is Lecturer in History at Royal Holloway, University of London (Summer 2005)