Imperial Reconstruction 1763-1840

FREDERICK MADDEN was Professorial Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1958 to 1984 and held the post of Reader in Commonwealth Government for all but one of the twenty-eight years of its existence.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsBibliographical NoteI. Metropolitan Government and Its Policies, 1763-1840Continuities and the Response to New Problems, 1763-1793Evolution and Innovation, 1793-1840II. Developments in the Old EmpireThe Failure to Manage Ireland as a Separate Kingdom, c.1750-1800Imperial Authority and the East India Company, 1757-1840The "Ancient" West Indies, 1763-1840III. New Possessions and New Imperial Systems, 1763-1840New and "New-Modelled" Colonies and Experiments, 1763-1840The Parting of the Ways: Self-Government or Crown Colony Government, 1793-1840Index