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Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 :

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Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 :

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a study of empire and expansion /

Ronald Hyam

Third edition

xviii, 377 pages :

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22 cm

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-363) and index

The foundations of power, 1815-70. The project of an empire ; British hegemony and its residual rivals ; Sea power and gunboat diplomacy ; Economic enterprise: exports, imports and free trade ; The importance of the Indian raj ; The white colonies and the problems of imperial organisation ; Britain and the American challenge -- The motives and methods of expansion, 1815-65. Racial attitudes ; Anti-slavery and the humanitarian impulse ; Economic and ideological motives for expansion ; The Protestant missionary movement ; Palmerston and the grand design ; The theory and practice of global influence ; Informal empire in China -- The Decline of British Pre-eminence, 1855-1900. The Indian Mutiny-Rebellion ; A decade of crisis for the grand design, 1855-65 ; The hardening of racial attitudes ; The Irish protest ; The occupation of Egypt ; The response to emergent nationalism in India and Egypt ; The growth of pessimism ; Economic retardation -- The search for stability, 1880-1914. Partitioning the world ; The partition of Africa ; The myth of a 'special relationship' with the United States ; The federal panacea ; The origins of the South African War, 1899 ; Chamberlain, the West Indies and tariff reform ; Defence and diplomacy ; The contribution of the Liberal government, 1905-14 ; Schooling and scouting -- The Dynamics of Empire and Expansion. Surplus energy and the proconsular phenomenon ; The engine of expansion: a model ; Props of empire-building: sex, sport and secret societies ; White skins, white masks: techniques of control ; The construction of the colonial state and the beginnings of globalisation ; Global context: the empire in comparative perspective ; 1914 and the writing on the wall

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This is the undisputed best introduction to the history of the world-wide pattern of British activity in the nineteenth century, embracing its expansive spirit as well as its formal territorial empire. The dynamics of this extraordinary enterprise are considered broadly: the high-political concerns of strategy and international geopolitics are analyzed, as well as the economic dimension, missionary activity, and racial attitudes, together with a wide range of cultural aspects, including sport and the pursuit of sexual opportunity. Nor is the personal contribution of some of the leading Victorian figures neglected

Great Britain, Colonies, History

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Hyam, Ronald

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