A short history of British colonial policy / Hugh Edward Egerton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egerton, Hugh Edward, 1855-1927, author.

Series:

Cambridge library collection. History.

Cambridge library collection. History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 503 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 attitudes in the mid-19th century. This volume was the first published historical survey of colonial policy, and continues to provides an overview of developments.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2010.

Originally published: London: Methuen & Co., 1897.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 30, 2020).

ISBN:

0-511-78331-0