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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... interests. In such cases, many historians have found inspiration in the concept of 'informal empire', accepting the argument that, at least for purposes of economic analysis, it is 'unreal to define imperial history exclusively as the ...
... interests. In such cases, many historians have found inspiration in the concept of 'informal empire', accepting the argument that, at least for purposes of economic analysis, it is 'unreal to define imperial history exclusively as the ...
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... interest and the Empire was thus widely variable, and never pointed in a single direction. Failure to achieve significant economic growth, or the breakdown of conditions within which British interests could flourish, were variously ...
... interest and the Empire was thus widely variable, and never pointed in a single direction. Failure to achieve significant economic growth, or the breakdown of conditions within which British interests could flourish, were variously ...
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... interest from the western Mediterranean to the China Sea. At best their rulers were regarded as 'inefficient ... interests and Imperial security. After the flurry of Russian conflicts with Turkey and Persia between 1826 and 1833 ...
... interest from the western Mediterranean to the China Sea. At best their rulers were regarded as 'inefficient ... interests and Imperial security. After the flurry of Russian conflicts with Turkey and Persia between 1826 and 1833 ...
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... interest and political pressures, even strategic interest in the Mediterranean and Cape routes to the East, were rarely sufficient to overcol.he the Imperial government's reservations about involvement far inland. In West Africa, after ...
... interest and political pressures, even strategic interest in the Mediterranean and Cape routes to the East, were rarely sufficient to overcol.he the Imperial government's reservations about involvement far inland. In West Africa, after ...
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... interests was certainly a task that stretched their political inventiveness and administrative ingenuity to the utmost.” Where possible they used control of patronage, taxation, and public works to win support and consent ...
... interests was certainly a task that stretched their political inventiveness and administrative ingenuity to the utmost.” Where possible they used control of patronage, taxation, and public works to win support and consent ...
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