The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland

ISBN-13: 9781138393110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str.

C. Willis Dixon

Opis

First published in 1939, this volume describes many of the more colourful episodes in the career of Sir Thomas Maitland, while, in its account of his role as governor, it makes a valuable contribution to the study of early colonial history.

Spis treści

Part I. 1. Apprenticeship. Part II. 2. The British Occupation. 3. The Kandyan War and the Military Establishment. 4. The Civil Administration. 5. Agriculture and Commerce. 6. Finance. 7. The Judicial Establishment. 8. Religion, Education and Charity. 9. Maitland and the Colonial Office. Part III. 10. The Mastery of the Mediterranean. Part IV. 11. The Plague. 12. The Civil Administration. 13. The Administration of Justice. 14. Agriculture and Commerce. 15. Religion and Education. Part V. 16. The Constitutional Chart. 17. The Religious Establishment. 18. The Progress of Education. 19. The Economic Prosperity of the Islands. 20. Conclusion.

O autorze

C. Willis Dixon