Patrons, clients, and empire : chieftaincy and over-rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific / Colin Newbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newbury, C. W. (Colin Walter), 1929-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism.

Colonies--Administration.

Colonies.

Colonies--Africa--Politics and government.

Colonies--Asia--Politics and government.

Colonies--Oceania--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Oceania.

Asia.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xii, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

This is a wide-ranging comparative study of relationships between the indigenous leadership of traditional states and colonizing Europeans from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It challenges stereotypes of despotic imperial power in Asian, African, and Pacific colonies and seeks to answer the fundamental question: how were European officials able to govern so many societies over such a long period of time? Colin Newbury examines the politics of pre-colonial state structures, their subversion by merchants and administrators, and the use made of indigenous leaders, and assesses the legacy of these colonial hierarchies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-305) and index.

ISBN:

0199257817

OCLC:

51001487