The Nineteenth Century

Zusatztext Review from previous edition these volumes and the series of which they are part represent a very useful resource and an important synthesis of much postwar imperial history. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Porter is Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at the University of London. 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. We begin with several thematic chapters--some are on Britain while others consider the empire's periphery--exploring the key dynamics of British expansion that made imperial influence possible and imperial rule prevalent. The volume also studies the economic! cultural! and institutional frameworksthat shaped Britain's overseas empire. Focus then shifts to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas! including both white-settler and tropical colonies! and the question of how British interests and imperial rule shaped the political! social! and economic histories of individual regions.The themes include economics! institutions! defense! technology! imperial and colonial cultures! science! and exploration. The volume examines not only the formal empire! stretching from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies! but also China and Latin America! which werethe central components of Britain's "informal" empire. About the Series: 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. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century! providesa balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers! and takes into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. All five of the volumes in thisseries fully explore economic and social as well as political trends. Zusammenfassung This volume, the third of five, covers the long 19th 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ; 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. Prosperity and Security! 1870-1914 ...

Autorentext
Andrew Porter is Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at the University of London.

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.
We begin with several thematic chapters--some are on Britain while others consider the empire's periphery--exploring the key dynamics of British expansion that made imperial influence possible and imperial rule prevalent. The volume also studies the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworks
that shaped Britain's overseas empire. Focus then shifts to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white-settler and tropical colonies, and the question of how British interests and imperial rule shaped the political, social, and economic histories of individual regions.
The themes include economics, institutions, defense, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science, and exploration. The volume examines not only the formal empire, stretching from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies, but also China and Latin America, which were
the central components of Britain's "informal" empire.
About the Series:
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. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, provides
a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and takes into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. All five of the volumes in thisseries fully explore economic and social as well as political trends.

Zusammenfassung
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 which made imperial influence and rule possible. They also examine the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworks which 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 social-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'. Series Blurb 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 allows us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginnings, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history

Inhalt
Part One
2: P. J. Cain: Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context
3: B. R. Tomlinson: Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Ec…

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