- Subtitle:
- the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1880-1914
- Abstract:
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The Office of the Crown agents acted as the UK commercial and financial agent of the Crown colonies, supplying all non-locally manufactured stores, organising the provision of external finance, supervising the construction of infrastructure, and performing various personnel services. Although under the supervision of the colonial Secretary, who appointed the Agents and fixed their salaries, the Office, through a system of charges for work done, was financially and administratively independ...
Expand abstract - Publication date:
- 1997
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- URN:
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- Local pid:
- td:602335655
- Language:
- English
- Copyright holder:
- Sunderland, David
- Copyright date:
- 1997
- Notes:
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The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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