McIntyre, W. David - The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865 - 75 : A Study of British Colonial Policy in West Africa, Malaya & the South Pacific

London / New York, MacMillan / St. Martin's, 1967. orig.cloth. 22x14cm,, x, 421 pp. Textual maps. Some page-edge soil, VG, in a rubbed dustwrapper. dustwrapper ¶ Full title reads: "The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865 - 75. A Study of British Colonial Policy in West Africa, Malaya & the South Pacific in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli". Contents: The Formulation of Colonial Policy: Influences at Home; The Mid- Victorian Colonial Office;The Dilemma: Contradictory Aims in West Africa: the Cardwell Policy, 1864- 5; The Failure of the Cardwell Policy, 1865 - 73; Relations with the Malay States, 1867 - 71; Intervention 1871 - 3; Evolving a Policy in the South Pacific, 1855 - 71; Decisions about the South Pacific, 1872 - 3; The New Experiments: West Africa after the Ashanti War, 1874-6; The Beginnings of British Political Control in Malaya, 1874-6; The Annexation of Fiji, 1874; Informal Empire in the South Pacific, 1874-7; The Frontier in Perspective: Techniques of Informal Empire; Conclusion: Mid-Victorial Imperialism: A Pragmatic Approach to Empire.

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