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This groundbreaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century. After the Napoleonic wars, the British government ruled a more diverse empire than ever before, and the Colonial Office responded by cultivating strong personal links with...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Laidlaw, Zoë
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
1800-1899
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
British colonies.
Colonies > Administration.
Kolonialverwaltung
Patronage
Informationsfluss
Koloniaal bestuur.
Informatienetwerken.
Great Britain > Colonies > Administration > History > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Administration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Großbritannien
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Metropolitan concerns
  • pt. 2. Colonial struggles
  • pt. III. Agendas for imperial reform.

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