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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... slave trade in 1807 , commercial activity was sparse , and control of Britain's few settlements passed to and fro between merchants and the Imperial government . Official commitment against the slave trade , expressed in the ...
... slave trade in 1807 , commercial activity was sparse , and control of Britain's few settlements passed to and fro between merchants and the Imperial government . Official commitment against the slave trade , expressed in the ...
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... slave trade , protecting British Indian traders , and providing a counterweight to American and French influence were served by the appointment of a Consul at Zanzibar from 1840 , diplomatic support for its Sultan , and a fitful naval ...
... slave trade , protecting British Indian traders , and providing a counterweight to American and French influence were served by the appointment of a Consul at Zanzibar from 1840 , diplomatic support for its Sultan , and a fitful naval ...
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... slave trade diplomacy , issues of extraterritorial rights and jurisdiction , information gathering , and the supervision of Protectorates . Overseen from London , the East India Company and later the Government of India performed ...
... slave trade diplomacy , issues of extraterritorial rights and jurisdiction , information gathering , and the supervision of Protectorates . Overseen from London , the East India Company and later the Government of India performed ...
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... trade before 1850 is difficult because of the limitations of the available ... slave emancipation began to work its effects.3 The best way to evaluate the ... Trade ( Leicester , 1979 ) , Table 40 , pp . American timber had replaced ...
... trade before 1850 is difficult because of the limitations of the available ... slave emancipation began to work its effects.3 The best way to evaluate the ... Trade ( Leicester , 1979 ) , Table 40 , pp . American timber had replaced ...
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... trade provoked some agonized debates , particularly over the issue of exposing the sugar exports of the slave - emancipated West Indies to the competition of slave - grown sugar from Brazil and Cuba.48 The most contentious issue ...
... trade provoked some agonized debates , particularly over the issue of exposing the sugar exports of the slave - emancipated West Indies to the competition of slave - grown sugar from Brazil and Cuba.48 The most contentious issue ...
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