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Patrons, Clients, and Empire: Chieftaincy and Over-Rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific
Colin Newbury (Author)
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Oxford University Press
· Hardcover
Patrons, Clients, and Empire: Chieftaincy and Over-Rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific - Colin Newbury
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Synopsis "Patrons, Clients, and Empire: Chieftaincy and Over-Rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific"
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.
