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" Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 : "
Ronald Hyam
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BL
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654898
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Hyam, Ronald
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Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 : : a study of empire and expansion /\ Ronald Hyam
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Third edition
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Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
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xviii, 377 pages :: maps ;; 22 cm
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033399311X
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: 9780333993118
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: 0333919084
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: 9780333919088
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-363) and index
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| Contents
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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 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 ; The construction of the colonial state and the beginnings of globalisation ; Global context: the empire in comparative perspective ; 1914 and the writing on the wall
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This is the undisputed best introduction to the history of the world-wide pattern of British activity in the nineteenth century, embracing its expansive spirit as well as its formal territorial empire. The dynamics of this extraordinary enterprise are considered broadly: the high-political concerns of strategy and international geopolitics are analyzed, as well as the economic dimension, missionary activity, and racial attitudes, together with a wide range of cultural aspects, including sport and the pursuit of sexual opportunity. Nor is the personal contribution of some of the leading Victorian figures neglected
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Great Britain, Colonies, History
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325/.341/09034
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JV1017.H92 2002
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PQ4803.I55 1960
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