CiNii 図書 - The twentieth century

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This twentieth-century volume considers many aspects of the `imperial experience' in the final years of the British Empire, culminating in the mid-century's rapid processes of decolonization. It seeks to understand the men who managed the empire, their priorities and vision, and the mechanisms of control and connection which held the empire together. There are chapters on imperial centres, on the geographical `periphery' of empire, and on all its connecting mechanisms, including institutions and the flow of people, money, goods, and services. The volume also explores the experience of `imperial subjects' in terms of culture, politics, and economics; an experience which culminated in the growth of vibrant, often new, national identities and movements and, ultimately, new nation-states. It concludes with the processes of decolonization which reshaped the political map of the late twentieth-century world.

List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of Contributors
1. Introduction
2. The British Empire in the Edwardian Era
3. A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics
4. The Metropolitan Economics of Empire
5. The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918
6. Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948
7. Migrants and Settlers
8. Critics of Empire
9. The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain
10. Colonial Rule
11. Bureaucracy and 'Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire
12. 'Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968
13. The Second World War
14. The Dissolution of the British Empire
15. Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery
16. Gender in the British Empire
17. The British Empire and the Muslim Worlds
18. India
19. Ceylon
20. Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia
21. Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East
22. West Africa
23. East Africa
24. Southern Africa
25. Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire
26. The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization
27. Latin America
28. China
29. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands
30. Commonwealth Legacy
31. Epilogue
Chronology, Index

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