Settler self-government, 1840-1900 : the development of representative and responsible government

Author(s)

• Madden, A. F.
• Fieldhouse, D. K. (David Kenneth)

Bibliographic Information

Settler self-government, 1840-1900 : the development of representative and responsible government

edited by Frederick Madden with David Fieldhouse

（Documents in imperial history, no. 4 . Select documents on the constitutional history of the British Empire and Commonwealth ; v. 4）

Greenwood Press, 1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As the previous volumes in this series have shown, Britain's system of unfederal government had, by 1840, passed a cultural crossroads. There had been a parting of the ways in which the old representative system that had provided rule for colonies (including those in America and the Caribbean) in earlier centuries was being superseded. In this fourth volume Madden and Fieldhouse focus on those colonies in North America, Australasia, and South Africa where British subjects had settled in considerable numbers, and where the restrictions of the old system had been outgrown and representative and responsible government was developing toward full self-government. This fourth volume illustrates the larger themes in the evolution of self-government in these colonies. The book examines the theme of self-government through four separate sections. Section I approaches the issue from the British viewpoint, surveying diverse concepts of the empire, the changes in imperial institutions, and attitudes toward trade, defense, and legal uniformity. Section II examines the evolution of, and later developments in, responsible government in these settled colonies, and Section III looks at the extension of self-government beyond the confines of internal domestic affairs. Finally, Section IV concentrates on the experiments in federal government among the contiguous groupings of colonies in North America, Australasia, and South Africa. The book also includes a preface with background and historical data, a note on primary and secondary sources, a listing of Secretaries of State from 1839 to 1903, and a comprehensive index. As with all the books in this series, this volume will be an important reference source for courses in British history as well as in the history of colonization. It will also be a valuable addition to university, research, and public libraries.

Table of Contents

Preface Secretaries of State (September 1839-September 1903) Imperial Authority and Colonial Autonomy: Some General Problems The Nature of the Imperial Association Metropolitan Administration The Development of Colonial Responsible Government The Assertion of Colonial Commercial Autonomy The Problem of Imperial and Colonial Defence The Extension of the Law of England The Achievement and Working of Responsible Government British North America Australia New Zealand South Africa The Extension of Self-Government British North America Australia New Zealand South Africa Movements Relating to, and the Working of, Federal Government British North America Australia New Zealand--The Collapse of a Quasi-Federal Government and the Rejection of Australasian Federation South Africa--A First Attempt at Federation Index

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Details

• NCID: BA11391887
• ISBN:
  • 031327326X
• LCCN: 84021213
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxx, 833 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KD5025
  • DC19 : 342/.029109171241
  • DC19 : 342.22909171241
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Commonwealth of Nations -- Constitutional history -- Sources
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Colonies -- Constitutional history -- Souces
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Constitutional history -- Sources
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00523385