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Patrons, Clients, and Empire : Chieftaincy and Over-rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific by Colin Walter Newbury is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Patrons, Clients, and Empire : Chieftaincy and Over-rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific about?
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 subve
Who reads Patrons, Clients, and Empire : Chieftaincy and Over-rule in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Colin Walter Newbury
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191555251
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Government & Politics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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