عنوان

Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 :

شابک

0333919084

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033399311X

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9780333919088

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9780333993118

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a study of empire and expansion /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ronald Hyam

وضعيت ويراست

Third edition

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xviii, 377 pages :

ساير جزييات

maps ;

ابعاد

22 cm

عنوان فروست

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-363) and index

متن يادداشت

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

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

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

موضوع مستند نشده

Great Britain, Colonies, History

بدون عنوان

0

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hyam, Ronald

تاريخ عمليات

20160712071243.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

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