The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume III: The Nineteenth Century

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. Volume III 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.

Zusatztext These final three volumes should be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the subject Klappentext Volume III covers the long watershed of the nineteenth century, from the American independence of the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This period saw Britain's greatest expansion as an empire-builder and a dominant world power. Zusammenfassung This work seeks to elucidate 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. This volume covers the 19th century.

These final three volumes should be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the subject

Autorentext
Andrew Porter is Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at the University of London. Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin.

Klappentext
Volume III covers the long watershed of the nineteenth century, from the American independence of the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This period saw Britain's greatest expansion as an empire-builder and a dominant world power.

Zusammenfassung
This work seeks to elucidate 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. This volume covers the 19th century.

Inhalt
List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of Contributors; PART 1; 1. Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century; 2. Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context; 3. Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy; 4. British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire; 5. Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific; 6. British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; 7. Britain and Latin America; 8. Britain and China 1842-1914; 9. Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire; 10. Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery and Humanitarianism; 11. Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire; 12. British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change; 13. Empire and Metropolitan Cultures; 14. Scientific Exploration and Empire; 15. Defence and Imperial Disunity; 16. The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914; PART 2; 17. British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia; 18. India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism; 19. Imperial India, 1858-1914; 20. The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia; 21. The British West Indies; 22. Ireland and the Empire; 23. Canada from 1815; 24. Australia and the Western Pacific; 25. Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia; 26. Southern Africa, 1795-1910; 27. Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-1914; 28. The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882; 29. Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century; 30. The British Empire: Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914; Chronology, Index

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