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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462315503321

Autore

Laidlaw Zoë

Titolo

Colonial connections 1815-45 [[electronic resource] ] : patronage, the information revolution and colonial government / / Zoë Laidlaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005

ISBN

1-78499-000-0

1-84779-440-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Studies in imperialism

Disciplina

325.34109034

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies Administration History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Metropolitan concerns -- pt. 2. Colonial struggles -- pt. III. Agendas for imperial reform.

Sommario/riassunto

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 1830's 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