The West Indies and the Development of Colonial Government, 1801-1834

Murray, D. J., The West Indies and the Development of Colonial Government, 1801-1834, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965.

Reviewed in The Resident Judge of Port Phillip.

Contents:

Introduction

I. British Government and the West Indies at the end of the Eighteenth Century

II. Late Eighteenth-Century Government in the Old West India Colonies

III. The Old West India Colonies during the Napoleonic War

IV. The Government of the Conquered Colonies

V. Trinidad: A New Departure

VI. The Demand for Supervision and Direction in Colonial Government

VII. The Colonial Office, 1801 - 27

VIII. Government with a Purpose

IX. From Exhortation to Authority

X. Reform in Colonial Government

XI. Emancipation – Coercion or Co-operation

XII. The Government for the West India Colonies after Emancipation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index