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Unexpected Voices in Imperial Parliaments (Hardcover)
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Unexpected Voices in Imperial Parliaments (Hardcover)
Series: Empire's Other Histories
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This collection follows the extraordinary careers of nine colonial
subjects who won seats in high-level parliamentary institutions of
the imperial powers that ruled over them. Revealing an unexplored
dimension of the complex political organisation of modern empires,
the essays show how early imperial constitutions allowed for the
emergence of these unexpected members of parliament, asks how their
presence was possible, and unveils the reactions across
metropolitan circles, local communities and the voters who brought
them to office. Unearthing the entanglements between political life
in metropolitan and non-European societies, it illuminates the
ambiguous zones, the margins for negotiation, and the emerging
forms of leadership in colonial societies. From a Hispanicised Inca
nobleman, to recently emancipated slaves and African colonial
subjects, in linking these individuals and their political careers
together, Unexpected Voices in Imperial Parliaments argues that the
political organisation of modern empires incorporated the voices of
the colonised and the non-European, in an ambiguous relationship
that led to a widening of political participation and action
throughout the imperial world. In doing so, this book offers a
comprehensive but nuanced reassessment of the making and unmaking
of modern empires.
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