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| Introduction: The Significance of the British Empire | |
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| Timeline | |
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| The Early Empire 1500-1763 | |
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| English and British: The consolidation of the British Isles | |
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| Exploring and Exploiting: European expansion to the mid-16th Century | |
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| Chasing the Pack: English oceanic enterprise to 1630 | |
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| Virginia | |
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| New England | |
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| The Thirteen Colonies | |
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| The African Impact: Britain and the slave trade | |
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| Sugar and Slaves: The conquest of the Caribbean | |
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| Conflict in Canada: Anglo-French rivalry to 1763 | |
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| The Infiltration of India: British expansion to 1765 | |
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| The Late Georgian Europe 1763-1837 | |
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| Trade and Enterprise: Overseas trade to 1854 | |
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| Conquest of the Cape: Southern Africa to 1844 | |
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| Opening up the Pacific | |
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| The Settlement of Australasia | |
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| On the Move: Early migration to the Empire | |
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| America Rebels: The American Revolution 1776-83 | |
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| The Consolidation of Canada | |
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| British West Indies: Exploitation and emancipation | |
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| Indian Riches: The East India Company's conquests | |
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| The Victorian Empire 1837-1901 | |
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| Heyday of Empire | |
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| Naval Power and Gunboat Diplomacy | |
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| Peopling the Empire: Imperial migration 1815-1924 | |
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| Eastern Promise: Imperial trade and the Far East | |
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| The Scramble for Africa | |
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| South African Supremacy: The Anglo-Boer wars | |
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| Egypt and the Route to the East | |
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| The Raj: The heyday of British India | |
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| The Great Game: Russia and British India | |
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| The White Dominions: Canada and Australasia | |
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| Imperial Themes | |
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| World Wide Web: Telegraphic Communications to 1902 | |
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| The Ties that Bind: Britain's steamship network | |
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| Creating Countries: Overseas investment to 1914 | |
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| Imperial Exploitation: Overseas trade and resources | |
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| Exhibiting the Empire: Imperial exhibitions to 1953 | |
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| Hunting to Kill: Game and exploitation | |
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| Plant Hunting: The gardens of Empire | |
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| Searching for Souls: Protestant missions to 1914 | |
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| Colonial Wars: The army and Imperial defence | |
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| Climax and Decolonization 1901-97 | |
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| Climax of Empire | |
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| The First World War | |
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| The Second World War | |
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| Securing the Canal: The Middle East to 1945 | |
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| A Free Ireland: Ireland's long road to independence | |
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| Independent Dominions | |
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| Colonial Revolts | |
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| The Road to Suez: The Middle East 1945-56 | |
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| The End of the Eastern Empire | |
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| Wind of Change: Nationalism and white rule in Africa | |
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| India and Partition | |
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| The Commonwealth and the Rump | |
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| Imperial Legacies | |
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| Main Territories of the British Empire | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Index | |
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| Acknowledgements | |