Banished potentates
Dethroning and exiling indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815-1955
Though the overthrow and exile of Napoleon in 1815 is a familiar episode in modern history, it is not well known that just a few months later, British colonisers toppled and banished the last king in Ceylon. Beginning with that case, this volume examines the deposition and exile of indigenous monarchs by the British and French - with examples in India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tunisia and Morocco - from the early nineteenth century down to the eve of decolonisation. It argues that removal of native sovereigns, and sometimes abolition of dynasties, provided a powerful strategy used by colonisers, though European overlords were se…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-1343-6
- EAN: 9781526113436
- Produktnummer: 32341070
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'628 KB
- Abbildungen: 15 black & white illustrations
Über den Autor
Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at the University of Sydney
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