The Dependent Empire And Ireland, 1840-1900: Advance and Retreat in Representative Self-Government Select Documents on the Constitutional History of T: 5 (Documents in Imperial History) - Hardcover

"The volume will appeal most to specialist historians and graduate students. Research libraries, especially those with strengths in British history, should purchase the entire Greenwood series. The enormous value of a book such as The Dependent Empire is that it converts large amounts of manuscript material into accessible printed form."-HISTORY ?The volume will appeal most to specialist historians and graduate students. Research libraries, especially those with strengths in British history, should purchase the entire Greenwood series. The enormous value of a book such as The Dependent Empire is that it converts large amounts of manuscript material into accessible printed form.?-HISTORY

The documents in this volume illustrate the ways in which Britain attempted to devise forms of government it was thought would be more suitable for dependencies that had few British settlers who might successfully operate a representative system--and where the majority of indigenous peoples needed protection against such a minority.