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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 ...
Page 137
Hicks Beach , however , admitted that the Conservatives also would have
granted the Boers responsible government , but ... Her Majesty's Government ” ,
Derby warned the Cape ministers , “ accept no permanent responsibility for the
affairs of ...
Hicks Beach , however , admitted that the Conservatives also would have
granted the Boers responsible government , but ... Her Majesty's Government ” ,
Derby warned the Cape ministers , “ accept no permanent responsibility for the
affairs of ...
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 |
Cocoa palmoil The Colonial Office preserves peasant economy | 3 |
The AngloRussian agreement and its effects | 7 |
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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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