Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 : a study of empire and expansion

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Britain's imperial century, 1815-1914 : a study of empire and expansion

Ronald Hyam ; foreword by D.A. Low

(Cambridge commonwealth series)

Macmillan Press , Barnes & Noble, 1993

2nd ed

  • : uk, hard
  • : uk, pbk
  • : us

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Bibliography: p. 331-335

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: uk, hard ISBN 9780333489468

Description

A full-scale new and revised edition of a pioneering work of synthesis, this book provides a comprehensive chronological narrative of the history of the British empire between 1815 and 1914, together with a more theoretical and reflective concluding chapter, thus giving an overview of British policy and action which takes account of strategic, diplomatic, economic and religious factors, and of the racial attitudes, underlying British expansion in all parts of the world. The imperial significance of a wide range of other topics is also considered, including relations with the USA, sport, sex and freemasonry.

Table of Contents

  • List of Maps and Tables - Preface - Foreword
  • D.A.Low - The Foundations of Power, 1815-70 - The Motives and Methods of Expansion, 1815-65 - The Decline of British Pre-eminence, 1855-1900 - The Search for Stability, 1880-1914 - The Dynamics of Empire and Expansion - Postscript - References - Select Bibliography - Index
Volume

: uk, pbk ISBN 9780333577585

Description

A full-scale new and revised edition of a pioneering work of synthesis, this book provides a comprehensive chronological narrative of the history of the British empire between 1815 and 1914, together with a more theoretical and reflective concluding chapter, thus giving an overview of British policy and action which takes account of strategic, diplomatic, economic and religious factors, and of the racial attitudes, underlying British expansion in all parts of the world. The imperial significance of a wide range of other topics is also considered, including relations with the USA, sport, sex and freemasonry.

Table of Contents

  • List of Maps and Tables - Preface - Foreword
  • D.A.Low - The Foundations of Power, 1815-70 - The Motives and Methods of Expansion, 1815-65 - The Decline of British Pre-eminence, 1855-1900 - The Search for Stability, 1880-1914 - The Dynamics of Empire and Expansion - Postscript - References - Select Bibliography - Index
Volume

: us ISBN 9780389210030

Description

The first edition of this book represented a pioneering attempt to provide a new synthesis and a full-scale revision of the history of the British empire between 1815 and 1914 in its heyday and the period of the beginnings of its decline. In this new and substantially revised edition Ronald Hyam draws deeply on the accumulated specialized studies and the latest work, as well as on his own research, to present a comprehensive and up-to-date chronological narrative, together with a more theoretical and reflective concluding chapter, thus giving an overview of British policy and action, and covering both the areas of formal control (India and Africa) and those of informal influence (China and America). The British empire is seen in a wider perspective as part of the history of global expansion and of face relations. Strategy, diplomacy, religion, economics and racial attitudes are all considered in depth, but the imperial significance of a wide range of less obvious topics is also considered, including relations with the USA, sport, sex and freemasonry.

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