First published in 1999, this volume is an ambitious attempt to provide a wide-ranging introduction to local government in the overseas empires of Portugal, Spain, England and France, with further reference to the English East India Company and the Dutch East and West India Companies. In an exercise in compensatory history, the book examines government of empire not from the metropolitan perspective but at the local level, where government was most likely to impact on the everyday lives of both persons of European birth and indigenous peoples. The first part examines the institutional framework of local and regional government at the municipal, parish and county levels, extending this to include law and order, social welfare and education. The second part examines the social dimension of local government: governance in pluricultural societies; elite formation; creolization; representation and oligarchies; oversight, and negotiated authority. The work includes a comprehensive introduction, together with an extensive bibliography and a detailed index. Part one of two.
| ISBN: | 9780367111458 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2022 |
| Author: | AJR RussellWood |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 356 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
General and world history Social and political philosophy Colonialism and imperialism Language: reference and general European history History of the Americas |
First published in 1999, this volume is an ambitious attempt to provide a wide-ranging introduction to local government in the overseas empires of Portugal, Spain, England and France, with further reference to the English East India Company and the Dutch East and West India Companies. In an exercise in compensatory history, the book examines government of empire not from the metropolitan perspective but at the local level, where government was most likely to impact on the everyday lives of both persons of European birth and indigenous peoples. The first part examines the institutional framework of local and regional government at the municipal, parish and county levels, extending this to include law and order, social welfare and education. The second part examines the social dimension of local government: governance in pluricultural societies; elite formation; creolization; representation and oligarchies; oversight, and negotiated authority. The work includes a comprehensive introduction, together with an extensive bibliography and a detailed index. Part one of two.
Local Government in European Overseas Empires, 1450–1800 features in the following genres: General and world history, Social and political philosophy, Colonialism and imperialism, Language: reference and general, European history, History of the Americas
Local Government in European Overseas Empires, 1450–1800 is available in Paperback
Local Government in European Overseas Empires, 1450–1800 was written by AJR RussellWood and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Local Government in European Overseas Empires, 1450–1800 has 356 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Revivals series