OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY SYSTEMS AND COLONIAL GOVERNMENT - FROM IMPERIAL SOVEREIGNTY TO COLONIAL AUTONOMY IN THE CANADA, 1841-1867

Authors
CURTIS B
Citation
B. Curtis, OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY SYSTEMS AND COLONIAL GOVERNMENT - FROM IMPERIAL SOVEREIGNTY TO COLONIAL AUTONOMY IN THE CANADA, 1841-1867, Journal of historical sociology, 10(4), 1997, pp. 389-417
Citations number
154
Journal title
Journal of historical sociology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09521909
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
389 - 417
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-1909(1997)10:4<389:ODSACG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Some dimensions of the official documentary system through which Engla nd ruled its colonies in the nineteenth century are examined. A shift in the centre of gravity of documentary production from imperium to co lony resulting from the development of colonial state administrative c apacity is described.