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Institute of Technology
Colonial connections 1815-45 : patronage, the information revolution and colonial government /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2005.
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| Series: | Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 governors and colonial officials through which influence, patronage and information could flow. By the 1830s the conviction that personal connections were the best way of exerting influence within the imperial sphere went well beyond the metropolitan government, as lobbyists, settlers and missionar. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847794406 1847794408 |