SHAW (Flora L.)

A Tropical Dependency

An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan with an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria. First edition. 2 folding maps. Large 8vo. Original cloth, gilt, sunnned. viii, 508pp. London, James Nisbet & Co, 1905.

£250.00

Shaw examined the British Empire from the perspective that whilst only an eight of its population was white and mostly concerned with the organisation of labour in the post-slavery era. Shaw, who married Frederick (Baron) Lugard in 1902, achieved recognition as the head of the colonial department for The Times.

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