The Nineteenth Century

Name: The Nineteenth Century
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ISBN: 9780199246786

ISBN-10: 0199246785

ISBN-13: 9780199246786

Edition: 2001

Authors: Andrew Porter, Wm. Roger Louis

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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…

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List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.65" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



List of Maps


List of Figures


List of Tables


Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources


List of Contributors






Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century




Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context




Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy




British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire




Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific




British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century




Britain and Latin America




Britain and China 1842-1914




Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire




Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery and Humanitarianism




Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire




British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change




Empire and Metropolitan Cultures




Scientific Exploration and Empire




Defence and Imperial Disunity




EThe Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914







British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia




India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism




Imperial India, 1858-1914




The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia




The British West Indies




Ireland and the Empire




Canada from 1815




Australia and the Western Pacific




Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia




Southern Africa, 1795-1910




Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-1914




The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882




Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century




The British Empire: Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914



Chronology


Index