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

• Autore: Laidlaw Zoë
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press; New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 325.34109034
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies Administration History 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Colonial connections 1815-45
• ISBN: 1-78499-000-0; 1-84779-440-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462315503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)