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colonial commissions and British imperial reform, 1819-1833
1 online resource (x, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps
"The first pan-imperial history of commissions of inquiry sent across the British empire between 1819 and 1833. Drawing on the commissioners' extensive archive, this work develops a new understanding of early nineteenth-century reform as a part-genuine and part-defensive commitment to managing change on the global stage of counter revolution"--
Introduction -- The state of things -- Reordering new South Wales -- Remaking Caribbean courts -- Defending the crown -- Liberated Africans -- Bonded labour -- Slave traders -- Reforming Ceylon -- Reporting and reforming.
Lisa Ford, Kirsten McKenzie, Naomi Parkinson, David Andrew Roberts.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024