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Author | : John Darwin |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2012-09-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1846146712 |
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A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength.
Author | : Bruce Collins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 525 |
Release | : 2014-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 131787076X |
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The years 1790 to 1830 saw Britain engage in an extensive period of war-waging and empire-building which transformed its position as an imperial state, established its reputation as a distinctive military power and secured naval preeminence. Despite this apparent success, Britain did not become a world super power in the conventional sense. Instead, as Professor Collins demonstrates, it operated as an enclave power, influencing or dominating many regions of the world without ever asserting global hegemony. Even in the 1820s, Britain still had to fight to maintain influence, and sometimes struggled to assert dominance on the borderlands of the empire. By locating naval and military power at the heart of Britain's relationship with the wider world, Bruce Collins offers an insightful reinterpretation of the interaction between military and naval war-making, the expansion of the empire, and the nature of the British regime. Using examples of conflicts ranging from continental Europe and Ireland to North America, Africa and India, he argues that the state’s effectiveness in war was crucial to its imperial expansion and gives new significance to British military conduct in an age of revolution and war.
Author | : Bill Schwarz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2005-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134928300 |
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The organized study of history began in Britain when the Empire was at its height. Belief in the destiny of imperial England profoundly shaped the imagination of the first generation of professional historians. But with the Empire ended, do these mental habits still haunt historical explanation? Drawing on postcolonial theory in a lively mix of historical and theoretical chapters, The Expansion of England explores the history of the British Empire and the practice of historical enquiry itself. There are essays on Asia, Australasia, the West Indies, South Africa and Britain. Examining the sexual, racial and ethnic identities shaping the experiences of English men and women in the nineteenth century, the authors argue that habits of thought forged in the Empire still give meaning to English identities today.
Author | : Sir John Robert Seeley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Harrison Woodward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Darwin |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2014-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1620400383 |
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Tracing the British Empire's beginnings and decline and its extraordinary range of forms of rule, from settler colonies to island enclaves, this meticulously researched one-volume history of Britain's imperia reveals how the modern world came into being. 25,000 first printing
Author | : William Harrison Woodward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Commonwealth of Nations |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Harrison Woodward |
Publisher | : Cambridge, Eng. : University Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Robert Seeley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Harrison Woodward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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