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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... Office CO Colonial Office FO Foreign Office WO War Office All other abbreviations and manuscript sources will be found in the first reference in each chapter . LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SUSAN BAYLY ( Ph.D. , Cambridge ) Abbreviations and ...
... Office CO Colonial Office FO Foreign Office WO War Office All other abbreviations and manuscript sources will be found in the first reference in each chapter . LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS SUSAN BAYLY ( Ph.D. , Cambridge ) Abbreviations and ...
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... Department of History at the University of Warwick . His publications include Between Black and White and a study of the ... Colonial Office and Economic Imperialism in Theory and Practice : The Case of South African Gold Mining Finance ...
... Department of History at the University of Warwick . His publications include Between Black and White and a study of the ... Colonial Office and Economic Imperialism in Theory and Practice : The Case of South African Gold Mining Finance ...
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... Offices were the Admiralty and the War Office , responsible for strategic planning and administering the resources available to defend Britain and its possessions abroad . The expansion of British colonies and trade increased demands ...
... Offices were the Admiralty and the War Office , responsible for strategic planning and administering the resources available to defend Britain and its possessions abroad . The expansion of British colonies and trade increased demands ...
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... colonial business was largely dominated by the Office's permanent officials . Significant shifts in the Office's work occurred during the century . Administra- tion of the conquered and Crown Colonies , and issues associated with ...
... colonial business was largely dominated by the Office's permanent officials . Significant shifts in the Office's work occurred during the century . Administra- tion of the conquered and Crown Colonies , and issues associated with ...
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... colonial workers , by women no less than men , which accentuated the limits ... office is to rub off prejudices , and there is no prejudice so catlike in ... colonial and Asian labour . 64 Late - nineteenth - century British concern about ...
... colonial workers , by women no less than men , which accentuated the limits ... office is to rub off prejudices , and there is no prejudice so catlike in ... colonial and Asian labour . 64 Late - nineteenth - century British concern about ...
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