The Oxford history of the British Empire . Volume IV The twentieth century / / edited by Judith M.Brown and Wm Roger Louis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820712003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999
• ISBN: 0-19-154239-3; 1-280-44519-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (800 pages.)
• Collana: Oxford history of the British Empire ; ; v. 4
• Disciplina: 909/.0971241
• Soggetti: Imperialism - History; Great Britain Colonies History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; 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 in Britain; 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, 1900-196813. 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 World; 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 America28. China; 29. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; 30. Commonwealth Legacy; 31. Epilogue; Chronology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 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