Author

Publication

2005 - Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

60,250 words, Guess

Page Count

241 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCJV1017 .L35 2005

Description

"This ground-breaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century. This book challenges traditional notions of a bureaucratic revolution in government in the mid-1830s, identifying a more profound and gradual transition from a metropolitan reliance on gossip and personal information to the embrace of new statistical forms of knowledge. The analysis moves between London, New South Wales and the Cape Colony, encompassing both government insiders and those who struggled against colonial and imperial governments. As such, this book will offer an important new interpretation of the workings of British rule in the colonies."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Studies in imperialism

Other Editions

  • Colonial connections, 1815-45: patronage, the information revolution and colonial governmentManchester University Press2005-01-01

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