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To have assumed control of immense areas of tropical Africa and of groups of
islands in the Pacific would have been repugnant to mid - Victorian statesmen ,
anxious to be rid of the responsibility and the cost of governing distant colonies
and ...
To have assumed control of immense areas of tropical Africa and of groups of
islands in the Pacific would have been repugnant to mid - Victorian statesmen ,
anxious to be rid of the responsibility and the cost of governing distant colonies
and ...
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Her Majesty ' s Government ” , Derby warned the Cape ministers , “ accept no
permanent responsibility for the affairs of this part ... 8 Responsible government
could not be conferred on Natal in 1882 because its legislature would not
undertake ...
Her Majesty ' s Government ” , Derby warned the Cape ministers , “ accept no
permanent responsibility for the affairs of this part ... 8 Responsible government
could not be conferred on Natal in 1882 because its legislature would not
undertake ...
Page 174
The efforts of the latter to reverse the traditional policy of withdrawal and
minimum responsibility , and to substitute one of ... Exeter Hall criticised the
Government for shirking its responsibilities for the tribal populations and
subjecting them to ...
The efforts of the latter to reverse the traditional policy of withdrawal and
minimum responsibility , and to substitute one of ... Exeter Hall criticised the
Government for shirking its responsibilities for the tribal populations and
subjecting them to ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 948 pages |
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