colonial policy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcolonialandpolicy
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colonial
adjective
uk/kəˈləʊ.ni.əl/us/kəˈloʊ.ni.əl/
relating to a colony ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofcolonialandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Tax reform remained a constant feature ofcolonialpolicyduring the years of the depression.
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It marked the complete re-emergence of conservative domination overcolonialpolicyand determined its direction for the next decade.
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The contributions on slavery are largely descriptions ofcolonialpolicy.
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The ideal ofcolonialpolicy, he insisted, should be founded not upon assimilationism, but upon recognition of the collective personality of each social group.
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First, it points to yet another weakness in the presupposed relation between taxation and labour supply incolonialpolicydiscourse.
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The foremost priority ofcolonialpolicytoward returning askaris was thus to counter perceptions of martial elitism.
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Employers are vital to the narrative because for decadescolonialpolicygave them a central role.
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Organised in early 1946, this body was packed with actual and future opponents of radical departures incolonialpolicy.
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A new generation of professional experts entered the stage ofcolonialpolicy.
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Recent works have stressed the evolving nature ofcolonialpolicyand its adaptability to local circumstances.
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Little wonder that there was disillusionment withcolonialpolicyand confusion as to how this could ever have happened.
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The colonial service emerged during this period as one of the leading forces against radical departures incolonialpolicy.
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Their involvement elevated a rather routine exercise in colonial authority into an examination ofcolonialpolicy.
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In other places,colonialpolicyexplicitly prohibited rulers from allocating land to outsiders.
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Elsewhere,colonialpolicyrestricted the kind of land access that outsiders could have.
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The effect ofcolonialpolicyon venereal disease transmission is at best debatable.
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Africans affected colonial demands and ultimately subverted them to redirectcolonialpolicyfrom plantation to smallholder production.
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This important suggestion, one which wanted to transform thecolonialpolicyof ignoring the walled city in a sweep, remained only a suggestion.
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