Zoë Laidlaw

Colonial connections, 1815-45

Patronage, the information revolution and colonial government

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Produktbeschreibung

This book challenges traditional notions of a radical revolution in government, identifying a more profound and general transition from reliance on gossip and personal information to new statistical forms of knowledge. Covers London, New South Wales and the Cape Colony, encompassing government insiders and those resisting colonial governments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780719069192
• ISBN-10: 071906919X
• Artikelnr.: 36076173

Autorenporträt

Zoë Laidlaw is Senior Lecturer in British Imperial and Colonial History at Royal Holloway, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction I - Metropolitan concerns 2. Networking the Empire 3.
Asserting metropolitan control: the Colonial Office 1815-36 II - Colonial
struggles 4. The isolation of governors 5. Traffic: the unofficial
correspondence of colonial officials 6. Colonial lobbyists: tactics and
networks III - Agendas for imperial reform 7. An information revolution 8.
Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index