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" Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 : "
Ronald Hyam ; foreword by D.A. Low
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BL
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654797
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| Main Entry
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Hyam, Ronald
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| Title & Author
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Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 : : a study of empire and expansion /\ Ronald Hyam ; foreword by D.A. Low
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Second edition
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge Commonwealth series
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xvi, 349 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm
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038921003X
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: 9780389210030
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: 0333489462
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: 9780333489468
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: 0333577582
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: 9780333577585
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index
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| Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS -- The foundations of power, 1815-70 -- The project of an empire -- British hegemony and its residual rivals -- Sea power and gunboat diplomacy -- Economic enterprise: exports, imports and free trade -- The importance of the Indian raj -- The white colonies and the problems of imperial organisation -- Britain and the American challenge -- The motives and methods and of expansion, 1815-65 -- Racial attitudes -- Anti-slavery and the humanitarian impulse -- Economic and ideological motives for expansion -- The Protestant missionary movement -- Palmerston and the grand design -- The theory and practice of global influence -- Informal empire in China -- The decline of British pre-eminence, 1855-1900 -- The Indian Mutiny-rebellion -- A decade of crisis for the grand design, 1855-65 -- The hardening of racial attitudes -- The Irish protest -- The occupation of Egypt -- The response to emergent nationalism in India and Egypt -- The growth of pessimism -- Economic retardation -- The search for stability, 1880-1914 -- Partitioning the world -- The partition of Africa -- The myth of a "special relationship" with the United States -- The federal panacea -- The origins of the South African War, 1899 -- Chamberlain, the West Indies and tariff reform -- Defence and diplomacy -- The contribution of the Liberal government, 1905-14 -- Schooling and scouting -- The dynamics of empire and expansion -- Surplus energy and the proconsular phenomenon -- The engine of expansion: a model -- Props of empire-building: sex, sport and secret societies -- White skins, white masks: techniques of control -- 1914 and the writing on the wall
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Great Britain, Colonies, History
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| Dewey Classification
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325/.341/09
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JV1017.H92 1993
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