Twentieth Century

Name: Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780199246793

ISBN-10: 0199246793

ISBN-13: 9780199246793

Edition: 2001

Authors: Judith M. Brown, Wm Roger Louis

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The fourth installment in this distinguished and unprecedented series brings us to the twentieth century. As with the other volumes, this book includes the work of leading scholars. Here, readers confront the many facets of the imperial experience in the final century of the British Empire, above all the rapid processes of decolonization that began at mid-century. Volume IV attempts to understand the men who managed the empire, their priorities and visions as leaders, and the mechanisms of control which held the empire together. There are chapters on imperial centers of activity, on the geographical periphery of the empire, and on the entirety of its connecting mechanisms, including…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" 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




The British Empire in the Edwardian Era




A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics




The Metropolitan Economics of Empire




The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918




Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948




Migrants and Settlers, Stephen Constantine



Critics of Empire




The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain, John M. MacKenzie



Colonial Rule




Bureaucracy and `Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire




`Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968




The Second World War, Keith Jeffery



The Dissolution of the British Empire




Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery




Gender in the British Empire




The British Empire and the Muslim Worlds




India




Ceylon




Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia




Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East




West Africa




East Africa




Southern Africa, Shula Marks



Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire




The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization




Latin America




China




Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands




Commonwealth Legacy




Epilogue, Judith M. Brown


Chronology


Index