Colonial connections 1815-45 : patronage, the information revolution and colonial government / Zoë Laidlaw.

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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Main Author: Laidlaw, Zoë
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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