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Colonial relations : the Douglas-Connolly family and the nineteenth-century imperial world / Adele Perry.

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Publisher's description: A study of the lived history of nineteenth-century British imperialism through the lives of one extended family in North America, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. The prominent colonial governor James Douglas was born in 1803 in what is now Guyana, probably to a fr...

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Main Author: Perry, Adele
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Critical perspectives on empire.
Subjects:
Douglas, James, > 1803-1877 > Family.
Douglas, Amelia, > 1812-1890 > Family.
Colonial administrators > British Columbia > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Family relationships > History > 19th century.
Families > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Sex role > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > Social aspects > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
British Columbia > Biography.
Guyana > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Empire, family, and archive
  • Housekeepers and wives
  • Free people, servants, and states
  • Changing intimacies, changing empire
  • Local elites, governance, and authority
  • Governors, wives, daughters, and sons
  • Colonies, nations, and metropoles
  • Wealth and descendants
  • Conclusion: Empire, colonies, and families.

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