Agents of Empire : English Imperial Governance and the Making of American Political Institutions / Sean Gailmard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gailmard, Sean, author.

Series:

Political economy of institutions and decisions

Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--To 1775.

United States.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--Administration.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1820.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Provides a new strategic logic of English imperial government in North American colonies, and why the crown was ultimately unable to control them. It shows how strategic dynamics in colonial institutions structured American state building. For readers in comparative state formation, imperial legacies, political economy, and American politics"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Economic incentives : the origins of colonial autonomy

Governance incentives : the balanced colonial constitution

From incentives to institutions : contractual imperialism in practice

The rise and fall of autocratic imperialism

Economic regulation : imperial administration in the colonies

Political regulation : legislative review and colonial autonomy

Colonial assembly power under regulatory imperialism

The institutional bequests of empire

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Apr 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009316903

1009316907

9781009316941

100931694X

9781009316934

1009316931