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Autore: | Aldrich Robert <1954-> |
Titolo: | Banished potentates : Dethroning and exiling Indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815–1955 / / Robert Aldrich |
Pubblicazione: | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2020 |
©2020 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 325.309041 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato: | Algeria |
British authorities | |
British colonisers | |
Emperor Duy Tan | |
Emperor Ham Nghi | |
Emperor Thanh Thai | |
French authorities | |
French colonial removal | |
Indian princely states | |
King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha | |
Moroccan sultan | |
Queen Ranavalona | |
Tunisia | |
colonial monarchies | |
colonising country | |
decolonisation | |
indigenous monarchs | |
last Burmese king | |
potentates | |
sub-Saharan Africa | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- 1 Thrones and dominion -- 2 The last king in Ceylon -- 3 Kings of Orient were -- 4 'Dragons of Annam' -- 5 Out of Africa -- 6 The French and the queen of Madagascar -- 7 From conquest to decolonisation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Though the overthrow and exile of Napoleon in 1815 is a familiar episode in modern history, it is not well known that just a few months later, British colonisers toppled and banished the last king in Ceylon. Beginning with that case, this volume examines the deposition and exile of indigenous monarchs by the British and French - with examples in India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tunisia and Morocco - from the early nineteenth century down to the eve of decolonisation. It argues that removal of native sovereigns, and sometimes abolition of dynasties, provided a powerful strategy used by colonisers, though European overlords were seldom capable of quelling resistance in the conquered countries, or of effacing the memory of local monarchies and the legacies they left behind. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Banished potentates |
ISBN: | 1-5261-5166-9 |
1-5261-1342-2 | |
1-5261-3531-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810826903321 |
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