Author: Trevor Owen LloydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The British Empire, 1558-1995
Author: Trevor Owen LloydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The British Empire
Author: British Empire
Author: British Empire
Author: The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V: Historiography
Author: Robin WinksPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191542415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
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. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
The British Empire
Author: Jane SamsonPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191512362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The phenomenon of imperialism has never been under such intense scrutiny, by such a wide range of academic disciplines, as it is today. From cultural studies to the history of science, academics are engaged in a series of debates about empire which move far beyond traditional preoccupations with metropolitan strategy, economics, and rivalry. Using primary and secondary documentary sources, this reader negotiates the many trends and concerns in recent debates to provide a broad-based, comparative history of the British Empire. Selected readings are presented within a chronological framework, from the origins of empire to decolonization and beyond. Samson adopts a theme of identity to explore different perspectives through the sources, including metropolitan, colonial, and indigenous responses. General and section introductions explore such issues as the role of economics and religion in imperial expansion and rule; how indigenous and Creole populations constructed and expressed their own identities; and what changes were wrought by the process of decolonization. Bringing together a wide range of documentary evidence, this volume allows the varied and vital debates on aspects of imperialism and identity to be seen in the context of the broad history of the British Empire.
Empire
Author: Trevor Owen LloydPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1852852593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
For nearly two hundred years, Great Britain had an empire on which the sun never set. This is the story of its rise and fall
Historical Dictionary of the British Empire
Author: Kenneth J. PantonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810875241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 767
Book Description
For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain was the dominant world power, its strength based in large part on its command of an Empire that, in the years immediately after World War I, encompassed almost one-quarter of the earth’s land surface and one-fifth of its population. Writers boasted that the sun never set on British possessions, which provided raw materials that, processed in British factories, could be re-exported as manufactured products to expanding colonial markets. The commercial and political might was not based on any grand strategic plan of territorial acquisition, however. The Empire grew piecemeal, shaped by the diplomatic, economic, and military circumstances of the times, and its speedy dismemberment in the mid-twentieth century was, similarly, a reaction to the realities of geopolitics in post-World War II conditions. Today the Empire has gone but it has left a legacy that remains of great significance in the modern world. The Historical Dictionary of the British Empire covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Britain.
The Oxford History of the British Empire: Historiography
Author: Robin W. WinksPublisher:
ISBN: 019820566X
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
This volume investigates the shape and the development of scholarly and popular opinion about the British Empire over the centuries.
The First British Empire
Author: John OliphantPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445696819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
The First British Empire is an authoritative, highly readable and substantial account of the origins, growth and transformation of the British Empire from its European beginnings until the aftermath of the American Revolution.