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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... tariffs and other forms of discrimination which made up what was called the ' Old Colonial System . The two leading Imperial products of the 1830s , sugar and timber , as well as other important commodities such as coffee , owed their ...
... tariffs and other forms of discrimination which made up what was called the ' Old Colonial System . The two leading Imperial products of the 1830s , sugar and timber , as well as other important commodities such as coffee , owed their ...
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... tariffs on foreign wood big enough to allow the Canadian Maritime Provinces to overcome hitherto forbidding transport costs . Canadian timber dominated the market after 1815 and supplied two - thirds of British demand by the 1830s , a ...
... tariffs on foreign wood big enough to allow the Canadian Maritime Provinces to overcome hitherto forbidding transport costs . Canadian timber dominated the market after 1815 and supplied two - thirds of British demand by the 1830s , a ...
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... tariffs and the Navigation Acts , which confined Imperial trade to Imperial ships , to boost its shipping income . " Canadian timber and West Indian sugar were the principal commodities involved : no less than two - fifths of the ...
... tariffs and the Navigation Acts , which confined Imperial trade to Imperial ships , to boost its shipping income . " Canadian timber and West Indian sugar were the principal commodities involved : no less than two - fifths of the ...
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... tariffs and the Navigation Acts . " Some effort was also made , both in Britain and on the periphery , to support colonial emigration directly . The attention paid by historians to forms of assisted migration has obscured the fact that ...
... tariffs and the Navigation Acts . " Some effort was also made , both in Britain and on the periphery , to support colonial emigration directly . The attention paid by historians to forms of assisted migration has obscured the fact that ...
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... tariffs in treaties with France and Ireland were intended to increase revenues by rationalizing the tariff rather than to break up the colonial system , and businessmen in Britain were at that time more inclined to support increased ...
... tariffs in treaties with France and Ireland were intended to increase revenues by rationalizing the tariff rather than to break up the colonial system , and businessmen in Britain were at that time more inclined to support increased ...
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