Theory and Practice in the History of European Expansion Overseas : Essays in Honour of Ronald Robinson

- This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. - Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Editors’ Note......Page 8 I......Page 9 II......Page 12 I......Page 17 II......Page 23 III......Page 30 NOTES......Page 36 Scottish Missions and Education in Nineteenth-Century India: The Changing Face of ‘Trusteeship’*......Page 44 I......Page 45 II......Page 49 III......Page 51 IV......Page 55 V......Page 57 VI......Page 60 NOTES......Page 62 The Giant that was a Dwarf, or the Strange History of Dutch Imperialism......Page 68 I......Page 69 II......Page 73 III......Page 76 NOTES......Page 79 Decentralized Violence and Collaboration in Early Colonial Uganda......Page 81 I......Page 84 II......Page 86 III......Page 89 IV......Page 92 NOTES......Page 93 Spoils of War: Sub-Imperial Collaboration in South West Africa and New Guinea, 1914–20......Page 96 I......Page 97 II......Page 104 III......Page 111 NOTES......Page 114 Imperial Collaboration and Great Depression: Britain, Canada and the World Wheat Crisis, 1929–35......Page 117 I......Page 118 II......Page 120 III......Page 124 IV......Page 130 V......Page 132 NOTES......Page 134 I......Page 138 II......Page 143 III......Page 150 IV......Page 153 NOTES......Page 155 Africa and the Labour Government, 1945–1951......Page 159 NOTES......Page 180 Ronald Robinson and the Cambridge Development Conferences, 1963–70*......Page 185 I......Page 186 II......Page 188 III......Page 189 IV......Page 190 V......Page 195 VI......Page 198 VII......Page 203 VIII......Page 206 NOTES......Page 208 Published Writings by R.E.Robinson......Page 212 Notes on Contributors......Page 215 First Published in 1988. These essays have been written to mark the retirement of Ronald Robinson as Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Oxford. The contributors have all at various times worked closely with ‘Robbie'as pupils, colleagues and friends. They offer this volume to him with their thanks and great affection, both in recognition of his immense contribution to the revival and development of imperial or commonwealth history, and in the conviction that he has still much to offer all scholars in the field. These essays have been written to mark the retirement of Ronald Robinson as Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Oxford. The contributors have all at various times worked closely with ""Robbie""as pupils, colleagues and friends. They offer this volume to him with their thanks and great affection, both in recognition of his immense contribution to the revival and development of imperial or commonwealth history, and in the conviction that he has still much to offer to all scholars in the field The retirement of Ronald Robinson from the Beit Chair of the History of the British Commonwealth at Oxford University in the autumn of 1987 came almost a century after the conclusion of the West African Conference of Berlin in 1885. Edited By Andrew Porter And Robert Holland. Special Issue ... Of The Journal Of Imperial And Commonwealth History, Vol. Xvi, No. 3--t.p. Verso. Published Writings By R.e. Robinson: P. [200]. Includes Bibliographical References.