The man on the spot : essays on British Empire history

Author(s)

• Long, Roger D.

Bibliographic Information

The man on the spot : essays on British Empire history

edited by Roger D. Long

（Contributions in comparative colonial studies, no. 31）

Greenwood Press, 1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Focusing on the role of the individual in the periphery of the Empire, this volume illuminates John Galbraith's thesis that events on the periphery of the British Empire led the man on the spot to expand the area of British control. The man on the spot was a factor in imperial expansion as much as, or sometimes more than, imperial or company policy, which often opposed control of further territory because of the expense. The Empire continued to expand in spite of official policy because of individuals and events on the periphery. Along these lines, this contributed volume provides studies of the periphery of Empire, whether in Africa, Canada, Malaya, China, or India. The volume opens with three chapters dealing with aspects of the overarching subject of imperialism and imperial expansion. The opening section is then followed by sections on Africa, Canada, India, and Southeast and East Asia. In the concluding bibliographical essay, the man on the spot thesis is placed in context within the historiography of British Empire Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Roger D. Long Imperialism British Expansion in Southeast Asia: The Imperialism of Trade in the Nineteenth Century by Damodar R. SarDesai Victorian Imperialism as Religion, Civil or Otherwise by Wallace G. Mills Colonialism and Censorship by Juan R. I. Cole Africa Lugard and Abeokuta by Harry A. Gailey Multiethnic Education in Kenya: The Language Problem by Robert Gregory Canada Social Credit Revisited by Joseph A. Boudreau India Contrary Proconsul: Sir Bartle Frere and the Collapse of the Presidency Bank of Bombay by Jill Cogen Kashmir and the "Great Game" in the Pamirs, 1860-1880 by Robert A. Huttenback Racial Discourse and the British Response to the Emergence of Indian Nationalism: 1885-1909 by Marc Jason Gilbert Southeast and East Asia Thorns in the Water: Britain in Malaya by Ingelise Lanman "As Ye Sow": Charles Gutzlaff, the Chinese Christian Union, and the London Missionary Society by Jean Paquette The British Empire: A Historiographical Essay by Roger D. Long Index

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• NCID: BA27453214
• ISBN:
  • 0313295247
• LCCN: 95009667
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 246 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA16
  • DC20 : 941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Colonies -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00630793