Synopses & Reviews
This is a wide-ranging comparative study of relationships between the indigenous leadership of traditional states and colonizing Europeans from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It challenges stereotypes of despotic imperial power in Asian, African, and Pacific colonies and seeks to answer the fundamental question: how were European officials able to govern so many societies over such a long period of time? Colin Newbury examines the politics of pre-colonial state structures, their subversion by merchants and administrators, and the use made of indigenous leaders, and assesses the legacy of these colonial hierarchies.
Review
"...a creative, perceptive, comparative study...which is careful to explicate the complexities in each colony and to project comparisons among the colonies...deserves the consideration of all scholars of colonialism. History: Reviews of New Books
Review
"...a creative, perceptive, comparative study...which is careful to explicate the complexities in each colony and to project comparisons among the colonies...deserves the consideration of all scholars of colonialism.
History: Reviews of New BooksSynopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-305) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Indian States
1. Trade and Dependency
2. Reversal of Status
3. Clients and Brokers
4. Rulers and Raj
Summary
Part II. North Africa
5. Egypt and Sudan
6. Morocco
Summary
Part III. Sub-Saharan Africa
7. Western Africa
8. East-Central Africa
9. Southern Africa
Summary
Part IV. Maritime South-East Asia
10. Malaya
Summary
Part V. Pacific Islands
11. Hawaii
12. Fiji
13. Tonga
Summary
Conclusion
List of Sources Used
Index