The Nineteenth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0199246785
- ISBN-13
- 9780199246786
- Series
- The Nineteenth Century
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 800
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- Andrew Porter, William Roger Louis, Alaine M. Low
Description
Volume III of "The Oxford History of the British Empire" covers the long 19th 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 imperial activity overseas, including both white settler and tropical colonies. Chapters examine how British interests and imperial rule shaped individual regions' 19th-century political and social-economic history. Themes dealt with include the economics of empire, imperial institutions, defence, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science and exploration.
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Other editions
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- 1970
- 360 pages
- Paperback
- [New York] McGraw-Hill [1970]
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