The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume III: The Nineteenth CenturyAndrew Porter OUP Oxford, 26 июл. 2001 г. - Всего страниц: 800 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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... Imperial Preference and protection, both in Britain and her colonies after 1885, was quite unable to alter them.” The wealth and territorial extent of Britain's Empire was itself also far from an unequivocal source of strength. The ...
... Imperial Preference and protection, both in Britain and her colonies after 1885, was quite unable to alter them.” The wealth and territorial extent of Britain's Empire was itself also far from an unequivocal source of strength. The ...
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... empire'? Some historians acknowledge the concept's value but doubt whether there was ever a systematic preference—official or unofficial—for informal empire, or indeed that it was consciously embodied in the policy of successive British ...
... empire'? Some historians acknowledge the concept's value but doubt whether there was ever a systematic preference—official or unofficial—for informal empire, or indeed that it was consciously embodied in the policy of successive British ...
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... Imperial products of the 1830s, sugar and timber, as well as other important commodities such as coffee, owed their position in the British market to preferences which only began to be eroded seriously in the 1840s." The North American ...
... Imperial products of the 1830s, sugar and timber, as well as other important commodities such as coffee, owed their position in the British market to preferences which only began to be eroded seriously in the 1840s." The North American ...
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... Imperial policy, ushering in an era of 'free trade imperialism', with the emphasis on 'informal' rather than formal control.” In reaction to this, other historians have pointed out that the preferential system lasted until the 1840s and ...
... Imperial policy, ushering in an era of 'free trade imperialism', with the emphasis on 'informal' rather than formal control.” In reaction to this, other historians have pointed out that the preferential system lasted until the 1840s and ...
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... preferences quite sharply, were still compatible with Huskisson's philosophy: as late as 1843 Peel offered the Canadian colonies a preference on wheat to encourage American midWestern traffic to travel along the St Lawrence seaway.” Nor ...
... preferences quite sharply, were still compatible with Huskisson's philosophy: as late as 1843 Peel offered the Canadian colonies a preference on wheat to encourage American midWestern traffic to travel along the St Lawrence seaway.” Nor ...
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