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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... more jingoistic , but an important part of the legacy to be carried over into the next century was a sense of vulnerability and insecurity dealt with in Volume IV . The volumes in the Oxford History of the British Empire FOREWORD vii.
... more jingoistic , but an important part of the legacy to be carried over into the next century was a sense of vulnerability and insecurity dealt with in Volume IV . The volumes in the Oxford History of the British Empire FOREWORD vii.
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... important insights may be avoided and the mainstream of Imperial history be continually invigorated and sustained ... importance for the Empire . Later rather than contemporary usage has sometimes been preferred — ' Canada , rather than ...
... important insights may be avoided and the mainstream of Imperial history be continually invigorated and sustained ... importance for the Empire . Later rather than contemporary usage has sometimes been preferred — ' Canada , rather than ...
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... important trade staple from the late 1820s , the 1821 experiment with centralized administration of the settlements under the British Governor at Freetown lasted only until 1828 , and subsequent hopes of organizing British possessions ...
... important trade staple from the late 1820s , the 1821 experiment with centralized administration of the settlements under the British Governor at Freetown lasted only until 1828 , and subsequent hopes of organizing British possessions ...
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... important , perhaps most evidently in New Zealand , where the white sense of local distinctiveness from Australia , and of domestic progressiveness on many fronts , including welfare and race relations , developed alongside a self ...
... important , perhaps most evidently in New Zealand , where the white sense of local distinctiveness from Australia , and of domestic progressiveness on many fronts , including welfare and race relations , developed alongside a self ...
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... important supplier of wool and India's share of raw silk imports was rising ( Table 2.1 ) . Among lesser , though still significant , commodities of Imperial origin were indigo , the bulk of which came from India , and coffee . To place ...
... important supplier of wool and India's share of raw silk imports was rising ( Table 2.1 ) . Among lesser , though still significant , commodities of Imperial origin were indigo , the bulk of which came from India , and coffee . To place ...
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