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Author Taylor, Elizabeth (Biographer)

Title The Old World and the New : the Marriage and Colonial Adventures of Lord and Lady Northcote.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (246 pages)
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Summary This biography is of interest to scholars and general readers alike. It tells the previously untold story of two British aristocrats, detailing the drama of their personal lives and examining their rule in the two colonies, India and Australia, in which they served. It raises issues of population, immigration, social mobility, and the ethics of the British Empire, all of which are relevant to today's debates. The Northcotes' life in England is described in the context of a sweep of British ...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Northcote, Henry.
Northcote, Alice.
Diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Diplomats.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Diplomats' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Diplomats' spouses.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Aristocracy (Social class)
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject India -- Politics and government -- 1857-1919.
India.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1857-1919
Subject Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945.
Australia.
Chronological Term 1901-1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Elizabeth. Old World and the New : The Marriage and Colonial Adventures of Lord and Lady Northcote. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013 9781443847353
ISBN 9781443849197 (electronic book)
1443849197 (electronic book)
1443847356
9781443847353

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