The Cambridge illustrated history of the British Empire
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The Cambridge illustrated history of the British Empire
Cambridge University Press, 1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Col. map of British Imperial Territories in the 1850s on endpapers
Bibliography: p. 389-391
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British empire on the assumption that such understanding is important for any informed appreciation of the modern world. Through striking illustration and a text written by leading experts, this book examines the experience of colonialism in North America, India, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean, as well as the impact of the empire on Britain itself. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural history, including slavery, trade, religion, art, and the movement of ideas. How did the British rule their empire? Who benefited economically from the empire? And who lost?
Table of Contents
- Introduction: the world shaped by empire P. J. Marshall
- Part I. The History of Empire: 1. The British empire at the end of the eighteenth century P. J. Marshall
- 2. 1783-1870: an expanding empire P. J. Marshall
- 3. 1870-1918: the empire under threat P. J. Marshall
- 4. 1918 to the 1960s: keeping afloat P. J. Marshall
- Part II. The Life of the Empire: 5. For richer, for poorer? David Fieldhouse
- 6. Power, authority, and freedom A. J. Stockwell
- 7. Empires in the mind Andrew Porter
- 8. Imperial towns and cities Thomas R. Metcalf
- 9. British emigration and new identities Ged Martin and Benjamin E. Kline
- 10. The diaspora of the Africans and the Asians P. J. Marshall
- 11. Art and the empire John M. Mackenzie
- Part III. The Imperial Experience: 12. Imperial Britain P. J. Marshall
- 13. Australia K. S. Inglis
- 14. Africa Toyin Falola
- 15. British rule in India: an assessment Tapan Raychaudhuri
- Conclusion: Empire in retrospect P. J. Marshall
- Reference Guide: British imperial territories from 1783
- Further reading
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Index.
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