The Empire Project - The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830 1970. Winner of The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Trevor Reese Prize 2010 and Independent 'Recommended' Christmas read 2009
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| Verlag | Cambridge University Press |
| Auflage | 2009 |
| Seiten | 750 |
| Gewicht | 1408 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0521302080 |
| EAN | 9780521302081 |
| Bestell-Nr | 52130208EA |
Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by an award-winning author.
Klappentext:
The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a scattering of British expatriates until eventual independence. It was, above all, a global phenomenon. Its power derived rather less from the assertion of imperial authority than from the fusing together of three different kinds of empire: the settler empire of the 'white dominions'; the commercial empire of the City of London; and 'Greater India' which contributed markets, manpower and military muscle. This unprecedented history charts how this intricate imperial web was first strengthened, then weakened and finally severed on the rollercoaster of global economic, political and geostrategic upheaval on which it rode from beginning to end. Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John Darwin charts how the Empire was first strengthened, then weakened and finally severed on the rollercoaster of global economic, political and geostrategic upheaval on which it rode from beginning to end.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: the project of an Empire; Part I. Towards 'The Sceptre of the World': The Elements of Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century: 1. Victorian origins; 2. The octopus power; 3. The commercial republic; 4. The Britannic experiment; 5. 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India'; 6. The weakest link: Britain and South Africa; 7. The Edwardian transition; Part II. 'The Great Liner is Sinking': The British World-System in the Age of War: 8. The War for Empire, 1914 1919; 9. Making imperial peace, 1919 1926; 10. Holding the centre, 1927 1937; 11. The strategic abyss, 1937 1942; 12. The price of survival, 1943 1951; 13. The third world power, 1951 1959; 14. Reluctant retreat, 1959 1968; Conclusion.
