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Trust and distrust : corruption in office in Britain and its empire, 1600-1850 / Mark Knights.
By: Knights, Mark [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191837326 (ebook) :Subject(s): Misconduct in office -- Great Britain -- History | Corruption -- Great Britain -- History | Misconduct in office -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History | Corruption -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- HistoryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198796244DDC classification: 353.4609410903 LOC classification: HV6321Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Mark Knights offers an overview of Britain's history of corruption in office in the pre-modern era between 1600 and 1850. Drawing on extensive archival material, Knights shows how corruption in the domestic and imperial spheres interacted, and how the concept of corruption developed during this period, changing British ideas of trust and distrust.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mark Knights offers an overview of Britain's history of corruption in office in the pre-modern era between 1600 and 1850. Drawing on extensive archival material, Knights shows how corruption in the domestic and imperial spheres interacted, and how the concept of corruption developed during this period, changing British ideas of trust and distrust.
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