UNEXPECTED VOICES IN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENTS

This collection follows the extraordinary careers of nine colonial subjects who won seats in high-level parliamentary institutions o f the imperial powers that ruled over them. Revealing an unexplored dimension of the complex political organisation of modern empire s, the essays show how early imperial constitutions allowed for the emergence of these unexpected members of parliament, asks how th eir presence was possible, and unveils the reactions across metropolitan circles, local communities and the voters who brought them to office...[Read more]