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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... became parts of more extensive economic systems . Far from offering each other partial protection against economic fluctua- tions , they began simultaneously to experience the same worldwide patterns of boom and slump . " Global ...
... became parts of more extensive economic systems . Far from offering each other partial protection against economic fluctua- tions , they began simultaneously to experience the same worldwide patterns of boom and slump . " Global ...
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... became known as ' the Great Game ' , pitting one power against another in defence of their own independence . While sometimes unable to avoid war , they were frequently successful in holding their own , secure in the knowledge that ...
... became known as ' the Great Game ' , pitting one power against another in defence of their own independence . While sometimes unable to avoid war , they were frequently successful in holding their own , secure in the knowledge that ...
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... became steadily more prominent : in the East India Company ; in the great trading firms , such as Jardine Matheson ( Asia ) , Balfour Williamson ( Latin America ) , and Mackinnon Mackenzie ( Indian Ocean and East Africa ) ; in ...
... became steadily more prominent : in the East India Company ; in the great trading firms , such as Jardine Matheson ( Asia ) , Balfour Williamson ( Latin America ) , and Mackinnon Mackenzie ( Indian Ocean and East Africa ) ; in ...
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... became the centre of a fierce political debate . After 1900 this was related to the many ' lessons ' of the South African War , and renewed discussion as to whether Britain was preponderantly an overseas or a European , and therefore ...
... became the centre of a fierce political debate . After 1900 this was related to the many ' lessons ' of the South African War , and renewed discussion as to whether Britain was preponderantly an overseas or a European , and therefore ...
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... became convinced that economic growth and the survival of the established order he represented depended on providing cheap food for the urban areas , and that the Corn Laws were a serious impediment to that . 45 But the timing of Repeal ...
... became convinced that economic growth and the survival of the established order he represented depended on providing cheap food for the urban areas , and that the Corn Laws were a serious impediment to that . 45 But the timing of Repeal ...
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