The empire project [electronic resource] : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / John Darwin.
Darwin, John.
2009
DA16 .D296 2009
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The empire project [electronic resource] : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / John Darwin.
Author
Darwin, John.
ISBN
9780521302081
0521302080
Publication Details
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 800 p. : ill., maps.
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DA16 .D296 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
909/.09241081
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [789]-794) and index.
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Introduction : the project of an empire
Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century
Victorian origins
The octopus power
The commercial republic
The Britannic experiment
'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India'
The weakest link : Britain in South Africa
The Edwardian transition
'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war
The war for empire, 1914-1919
Making imperial peace, 1919-1926
Holding the centre, 1927-1937
The strategic abyss, 1937-1942
The price of survival, 1943-1951
The third world power, 1951-1959
Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968.

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