The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume III: The Nineteenth CenturyAndrew Porter OUP Oxford, 21 окт. 1999 г. - Всего страниц: 796 The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. Volume III of The Oxford History of the British Empire covers the long nineteenth century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. The volume is divided into two parts. The first contains thematic chapters, some focusing on Britain, others on areas at the imperial periphery, exploring those fundamental dynamics of British expansion whcih made imperial influence and rule possible. They also examine the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworks whcih gave shape to Britain's overseas empire. Part 2 is devoted to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white settler and tropical colonies. Chapters examine how British interests and imperial rule shaped individual regions' nineteenth-century political and socio-economic history. Themes dealt with include the economics of empire, imperial institutions, defence, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science and exploration. Attention is given not only to the formal empire, from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies, but also to China and Latin America, often regarded as central components of a British `informal empire'. |
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... Britain emerged the victor from major wars . The peace treaties of 1814-15 not only acknowledged Britain's dominance in Europe ; they confirmed her conquests made during the wars with France since 1793. Colonies everywhere were thus ...
... Britain emerged the victor from major wars . The peace treaties of 1814-15 not only acknowledged Britain's dominance in Europe ; they confirmed her conquests made during the wars with France since 1793. Colonies everywhere were thus ...
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... Britain's modern capitalist eco- nomy at home and overseas . Both grew enormously , but Britain's emergence as the world's richest nation rested on no simple causal relationship with Empire . Secondly , Empire exerted a major influence ...
... Britain's modern capitalist eco- nomy at home and overseas . Both grew enormously , but Britain's emergence as the world's richest nation rested on no simple causal relationship with Empire . Secondly , Empire exerted a major influence ...
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... Britain's Imperial system . They no longer see in Empire the simple products of metropolitan designs imposed on comparatively inert indigenous peoples . They are much more alive to the varied processes of interac- tion , adaptation ...
... Britain's Imperial system . They no longer see in Empire the simple products of metropolitan designs imposed on comparatively inert indigenous peoples . They are much more alive to the varied processes of interac- tion , adaptation ...
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... Britain alone by 1913. With this expansion there evolved other significant connections , through the financial relations of the Government of India with London , Imperial use of India's military forces , and private invest- ment ...
... Britain alone by 1913. With this expansion there evolved other significant connections , through the financial relations of the Government of India with London , Imperial use of India's military forces , and private invest- ment ...
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... Britain's colonial possessions and their commercial value , they were never capable of satisfying more than part of Britain's needs . Well before 1815 Britain's economy had outgrown its Empire , and the subsequent drive for access to ...
... Britain's colonial possessions and their commercial value , they were never capable of satisfying more than part of Britain's needs . Well before 1815 Britain's economy had outgrown its Empire , and the subsequent drive for access to ...
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