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Author Newbury, C. W. (Colin Walter), 1929- author.

Title The British pyramid of power : manning an empire in the long nineteenth century, 1800-1914 / Colin Newbury
Published Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 260 pages)
Contents Legacies of early empire -- An imperial centre, 1801-1846 -- The survival of patronage, 1847-1870 -- Guardians, subalterns, and serfs -- Managing labour in Africa -- Manpower in Malaysia and the Pacific -- Technologies and manpower in Africa -- The bureaucratisation of patronage
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
Manpower -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- World.
British colonies
Imperialism -- Social aspects
Manpower
Social conditions
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056657
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781624998775
1624998771