Administering the Empire, 1801-1968: A Guide to the Records of the Colonial Office in the National Archives of the UK - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Administering the Empire, 1801-1968: A Guide to the Records of the Colonial Office in the National Archives of the UK write by Mandy Banton. This book was released on 2015-07-17. Administering the Empire, 1801-1968: A Guide to the Records of the Colonial Office in the National Archives of the UK available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This guide is an updated version of Mandy Banton's indispensable introduction to the records of British government departments responsible for the administration of colonial affairs, and now held in The National Archives of the United Kingdom. It covers the period from about 1801 to 1966. It has been planned as a user-friendly guide concentrating on the organisation of the records, the information they are likely to provide and how to use the contemporary finding aids. It also provides an outline of the expansion of the British empire during the period and discusses the organisation of colonial governments.
Administering the Empire, 1801-1968
Administering the Empire, 1801-1968 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Administering the Empire, 1801-1968 write by Mandy Banton. This book was released on 2008. Administering the Empire, 1801-1968 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This important new guide is an introduction to the records of British government departments responsible for the administration of colonial affairs, and now held in The National Archives of the United Kingdom. It covers the period from about 1801 to 1966.It has been planned as a user-friendly guide concentrating on the organisation of the records, the information they are likely to provide and how to use the contemporary finding aids. It also provides an outline of the expansion of the British empire during the period, and discusses the organisation of colonial governments.
Legal Histories of the British Empire
Legal Histories of the British Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Legal Histories of the British Empire write by Shaunnagh Dorsett. This book was released on 2014-04-24. Legal Histories of the British Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the role played by law(s) in the British Empire. Using a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, the authors provide in-depth analyses which shine new light on the role of law in creating the people and places of the British Empire. Ranging from the United States, through Calcutta, across Australasia to the Gold Coast, these essays seek to investigate law’s central place in the British Empire, and the role of its agents in embedding British rule and culture in colonial territories. One of the first collections to provide a sustained engagement with the legal histories of the British Empire, in particular beyond the settler colonies, this work aims to encourage further scholarship and new approaches to the writing of the histories of that Empire. Legal Histories of the British Empire: Laws, Engagements and Legacies will be of value not only to legal scholars and graduate students, but of interest to all of those who want to know more about the laws in and of the British Empire.
Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors
Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors write by Guy Grannum. This book was released on 2013-03-11. Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is ideal for anyone who reaserching their Caribbean family history The National Archives and beyond. The National Archives holds records for many people who lived in British West Indian colonies such as emigrants, plantation owners, slaves, soldiers, sailors and transported criminals. The Archives also hold the colonial office records for the British West Indies. This includes state correspondence to and from the colonies and passenger lists. Tracing Your Caribbean Ancestors also shows readers how to use family history sources and genealogy websites and indexes beyond The National Archives. Fully updated and revised, this new edition covers recent developments in Caribbean archives, including details of newly released information and archives that are now available online. This book outlines the primary research sources for those tracing their Caribbean ancestry and describes details of access to archives, further reading, useful websites and how to find and accurately search family history sources. As Britain does not hold locally created records of its dependencies such as church records, this book doubles as a gateway to the local history sources throughout the Caribbean that remain in each country's archives and register office. This book will be of use to anyone researching family history in British Caribbean countries of Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands as well as Guyana, Belize and Bermuda.
Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire
Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire write by Keith Hamilton. This book was released on 2013-03-04. Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout the nineteenth century, British governments engaged in a global campaign against the slave trade. They sought through coercion and diplomacy to suppress the trade on the high seas and in Africa and Asia. This collection of essays examines the role played by individuals and institutions in the diplomacy of suppression.
