Banished Potentates

Dethroning and Exiling Indigenous Monarchs Under British and French Colonial Rule, 1815–1955

By:

Robert Aldrich

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Series:

Studies in imperialism

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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. -- .

Author Biography:

Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at the University of Sydney -- .

Release date Australia

September 8th, 2020

Author

Robert Aldrich

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

15 black & white illustrations

Pages

328

Series

Studies in imperialism

Dimensions

156x234x17

ISBN-13

9781526151667

Product ID

33313381

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