Principals and agents: The activities of the Crown Agents for the colonies, 1880-1914

Economic History Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 284-306

  Sunderland, David ^b  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SERVICE PROVISION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032803535     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00126     Document Type: Article

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