Alibis of empire: Henry Maine and the ends of liberal imperialism

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Ideological Origins of Indirect Rule

Chapter 1. The Crisis of Liberal Imperialism

Chapter 2. Inventing Traditional Society: Empire and the Origins of Social Theory

Chapter 3. Codification in the East and West

Chapter 4. The Nineteenth-Century Debate on Property

Chapter 5. Native Society in Crisis: Conceptual Foundations of Indirect Rule

Coda: Liberalism and Empire Reconsidered

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION

The Ideological Origins of Indirect Rule; CHAPTER ONE

The Crisis of Liberal Imperialism; CHAPTER TWO

Inventing Traditional Society: Empire and the Origins of Social Theory; CHAPTER THREE

Codification in the East and West; CHAPTER FOUR

The Nineteenth-Century Debate on Property; CHAPTER FIVE

Native Society in Crisis: Conceptual Foundations of Indirect Rule; CODA

Liberalism and Empire Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index.