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Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840 David Fieldhouse

Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840 By David Fieldhouse

Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840 by David Fieldhouse


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This collection of documents presents an enlightening picture of the colonial government of the British Commonwealth during the Second British Empire. Using numerous original documents, with preference given to those not previously published or readily available, the editors have delineated the major themes of the period from 1763 to 1840.

Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840 Summary

Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840: The Evolution of Alternative Systems of Colonial Government; Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth Volume III by David Fieldhouse

This collection of documents presents an enlightening picture of the colonial government of the British Commonwealth during the Second British Empire. Using numerous original documents, with preference given to those not previously published or readily available, the editors have delineated the major themes of the period from 1763 to 1840.

About David Fieldhouse

FREDERICK MADDEN was Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1958 to 1984 and held the post of Reader in Commonwealth Government for all but one of the twenty-eight years of its existence.

Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Bibliographical Note I. Metropolitan Government and Its Policies, 1763-1840 Continuities and the Response to New Problems, 1763-1793 Evolution and Innovation, 1793-1840 II. Developments in the Old Empire The Failure to Manage Ireland as a Separate Kingdom, c.1750-1800 Imperial Authority and the East India Company, 1757-1840 The Ancient West Indies, 1763-1840 III. New Possessions and New Imperial Systems, 1763-1840 New and New-Modelled Colonies and Experiments, 1763-1840 The Parting of the Ways: Self-Government or Crown Colony Government, 1793-1840 Index

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NPB9780313259166
9780313259166
031325916X
Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840: The Evolution of Alternative Systems of Colonial Government; Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth Volume III by David Fieldhouse
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1987-06-16
933
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