Author : Zoe Laidlaw
Release : 2005
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 185/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Colonial Connections 1815-1845 by : Zoe Laidlaw
Download or read book Colonial Connections 1815-1845 written by Zoe Laidlaw. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book challenges standard interpretations of metropolitan strategies of rule in the early nineteenth century. By the 1830s the conviction that personal connections were the best way of exerting influence within the imperial sphere went well beyond the metropolitan government, as lobbyists, settlers and missionaries also developed personal connections to advance their causes.