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200 10$aColonial connections 1815-45$b[electronic resource] $epatronage, the information revolution and colonial government /$fZoe? Laidlaw
210   $aManchester, U.K. ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press ;$aNew York $cDistributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave$d2005
215   $a1 online resource (253 p.)
225 1 $aStudies in imperialism
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index.
327   $apt. 1. Metropolitan concerns -- pt. 2. Colonial struggles -- pt. III. Agendas for imperial reform.
330   $aThis 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
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