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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... land policy had been reluctantly surrendered by London. Within broadly similar constitutional frameworks, the settler communities thus steadily diverged from each other as London's retreat and the working of responsible government gave ...
... land policy had been reluctantly surrendered by London. Within broadly similar constitutional frameworks, the settler communities thus steadily diverged from each other as London's retreat and the working of responsible government gave ...
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... land and, later, for freedom to impose tariffs were unintended outcomes of the concession of political power to the white frontier and were accepted with reluctance in Britain only because opposition to local claims would cause more ...
... land and, later, for freedom to impose tariffs were unintended outcomes of the concession of political power to the white frontier and were accepted with reluctance in Britain only because opposition to local claims would cause more ...
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... Land or Cold Farm Land MAP 3.1. World Climatic Regions and European Settlement modern capitalist economy and its evolution into industrialism'.” Both these.
... Land or Cold Farm Land MAP 3.1. World Climatic Regions and European Settlement modern capitalist economy and its evolution into industrialism'.” Both these.
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... lands of the western and southern hemispheres, and the 'tropical periphery' of Asia, Africa north of the Zambezi, the ... land use in a process of ecological imperialism." The concept of ecological imperialism points up the intensity of ...
... lands of the western and southern hemispheres, and the 'tropical periphery' of Asia, Africa north of the Zambezi, the ... land use in a process of ecological imperialism." The concept of ecological imperialism points up the intensity of ...
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... land, and capital was lower in the tropics than in temperate zones, pressures to raise rates of economic growth and development were less intense in the tropics than in the neo-Europes. Arguably, these differences determined the pattern ...
... land, and capital was lower in the tropics than in temperate zones, pressures to raise rates of economic growth and development were less intense in the tropics than in the neo-Europes. Arguably, these differences determined the pattern ...
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