The Dependent Empire and Ireland, 1840-1900: Advance and Retreat in Representative Self-Government Select Documents on the Constitutional History of T

by David Fieldhouse

The documents in this volume illustrate the ways in which Britain attempted to devise forms of government it was thought would be more suitable for dependencies that had few British settlers who might successfully operate a representative system--and where the majority of indigenous peoples needed protection against such a minority.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313277575
• ISBN13: 9780313277573
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"