A Short History of British Colonial Policy

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-02375-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 524 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 731 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, General

Hugh Edward Egerton (1855–1927) was a British barrister and colonial historian. After graduating from Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1876 he was appointed private secretary to Edward Stanhope in 1885. His employer's promotion to Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1886 sparked a lifelong interest in colonial policy, which led to his becoming Professor of Colonial History at the University of Oxford in 1905. This volume, first published in 1897, contains Egerton's pioneering history of developments of British colonial policy. Focusing on colonial policy from 1457, Egerton explores the causes of changes in Britain's colonial policy, linking the importance of securing trade with the growth of systemic colonization and examining the rise and decline of laissez-aller attitudes in the mid nineteenth century. This volume was the first published historical survey of colonial policy, and continues to provides a comprehensive overview of developments in British colonial policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Egerton, Hugh Edward

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introductory; 1. The Period of Beginnings; 2. The Period of Trade Ascendancy; 3. The Period of Systematic Colonization and of the Granting of Responsible Covernment; 4. The Period of the Zenith and Decline of Laissez-Aller Principles; 5. The Period of Greater Britain; Appendix A. Bibliography; Appendix B. Of colonial administration; Index.