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Banished potentates : dethroning and exiling indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815-1955

Aldrich, Robert, 1954- author

Overview

Though the overthrow and exile of Napoleon in 1815 is a familiar episode in modern history, it is not well known that just a few months later, British colonisers toppled and banished the last king in Ceylon. Beginning with that case, this volume examines the deposition and exile of indigenous monarchs by the British and French - with examples in India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Tunisia and Morocco - from the early nineteenth century down to the eve of decolonisation. It argues that removal of native sovereigns, and sometimes abolition of dynasties, provided a powerful strategy used by colonisers, though European overlords were seldom capable of quelling resistance in the conquered countries, or of effacing the memory of local monarchies and the legacies they left behind.

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Subject: Imperialism History 19th century. / Imperialism History 20th century. / Kings and rulers Deposition. / Exile (Punishment) / Indigenous peoples Politics and government. / Great Britain Colonies History. / France Colonies History. / Great Britain Colonies Administration. / France Colonies Administration.
• ISBN: 9780719099731, 0719099730

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JC359.A58 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE