The company's island : St Helena, company colonies and the colonial endeavour /: St Helena, company colonies and the colonial endeavour. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Royle.
• Other Names: Royle, Stephen A (Stephen Arthur)
• Contents: Trading companies and the colonial endeavor -- 'The Honourable English East India Company Doe Take Possession of the Island and with Drum and Trumpett Proclaim the Same': St Helena and the East India Company -- 'Carry Free Planters to St Helena (If Any are Willing to Go)': Peopling the Company Colony -- 'Uncivil Actions, Attempting to Breach Her Chastity and Being Guilty of Horrible Swearing': Law and Morality on St Helena -- 'You May Kiss There': Gender Relations on St Helena -- 'Ye Assistance and Labour of Negoes': Slavery on St Helena -- 'Tending Even to Sedition': Resistance, Riot and Rebellion -- 'I Bestowed a Broadside on Them': Defence and the Imperial Imperative -- 'The Duties and Obligations Inherent in the Exercise of Sovereignty Cannot Be Borne By a Private Company': The Failure of Company Colonies -- 'Exhortation, Admonition or Reproof': Sources for the Study of Early St Helena -- St Helena Timetable -- Tables.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (227 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 975.799; Colonial companies; HISTORY -- State & Local; Colonial companies; Saint Helena -- History; Saint Helena; Sankt Helena; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781435691391; 1435691393; 9780857711564; 0857711563
• Related ISBNs: 1845116127; 9781845116125
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.