The Imperial frontier in the tropics, 1865-75: a study of British colonial policy in West Africa, Malaya and the South Pacific in the age of Gladstone and Disraeli
The Imperial frontier in the tropics, 1865-75: a study of British colonial policy in West Africa, Malaya and the South Pacific in the age of Gladstone and Disraeli
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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Textual maps. Some page-edge soil, VG, in a rubbed dustwrapper., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, x, 421 pp. Full title reads: "The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865-75. A Study of British Colonial Policy in West Africa, Malaya & the South Pacific in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli". Contents: The Formulation of Colonial Policy: Influences at Home; The Mid-Victorian Colonial Office; The Dilemma: Contradictory Aims in West Africa: the Cardwell Policy, 1864-5; The Failure of the Cardwell Policy, 1865-73; Relations with the Malay States, 1867-71; Intervention 1871-3; Evolving a Policy in the South Pacific, 1855-71; Decisions about the South Pacific, 1872-3; The New Experiments: West Africa after the Ashanti War, 1874-6; The Beginnings of British Political Control in Malaya, 1874-6; The Annexation of Fiji, 1874; Informal Empire in the South Pacific, 1874-7; The Frontier in Perspective: Techniques of Informal Empire; Conclusion: Mid-Victorial Imperialism: A Pragmatic Approach to Empire.
