Annie Tindley

Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820-1900 (eBook, PDF)

Rule by the Best?

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the life and career of the 1st marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902). It links the landowning and aristocratic culture he was born into with his experience of governing across the British Empire, in Canada, Egypt, Syria and India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351255271
• Artikelnr.: 61207672

Autorenporträt

Annie Tindley is Professor of British and Rural History at Newcastle University.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue 1
1. Introducing Dufferin 4
2. Property 27
3. Irish questions: the empire within 53
4. Will to rule 83
5. Remits of power: governing the self-governed 112
6. Man on the spot: Dufferin as imperial problem solver 141
7. Ornamental empire?: Dufferin as viceroy 164
Conclusion: decline and fall 202