Empire Project The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970

Name: Empire Project The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970
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ISBN: 9780521317894

ISBN-10: 0521317894

ISBN-13: 9780521317894

Edition: 2011

Authors: John Darwin

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Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by award-winning author.

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 811
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 2.772
Language: English



List of maps


Preface and acknowledgments


Introduction: the project of an Empire



Towards 'The Sceptre of the World': the elements of Empire in the long nineteenth century



Victorian origins



The octopus power



The commercial republic



The Britannic experiment



'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India'



The weakest link: Britain in South Africa



The Edwardian transition



'The great liner is sinking': the British world-system in the age of war



The war for Empire, 1914-1919



Making imperial peace, 1919-1926



Holding the centre, 1927-1937



The strategic abyss, 1937-1942



The price of survival, 1943-1951



The third world power, 1951-1959



Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968


Conclusion


Notes


Select bibliography


Index