Patrons, Clients, and Empire: Chieftaincy and Over-Rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199257812)

This is a wide-ranging comparative study of relationships between the indigenous leadership of traditional states and colonizing Europeans from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It challenges stereotypes of despotic imperial power in Asian, African, and Pacific colonies and seeks to answer the fundamental question: how were European officials able to govern so many societies over such a long period of time? Colin Newbury examines the politics of pre-colonial state structures, their subversion by merchants and administrators, and the use made of indigenous leaders, and assesses the legacy of these colonial hierarchies.

Author: Colin Newbury
ISBN-10: 0199257817
ISBN-13: 9780199257812
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2003
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.12w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2004 pg. 966