04516nam 2200769Ia 450 991081964540332120240912143023.00-19-164768-31-280-44520-30-19-820565-197866136250521-280-59522-10-19-154240-7(CKB)2560000000294672(EBL)886621(OCoLC)819589509(SSID)ssj0000657828(PQKBManifestationID)12284040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657828(PQKBWorkID)10680475(PQKB)11006823(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024695(Au-PeEL)EBL886621(CaPaEBR)ebr10545851(CaONFJC)MIL362505(Au-PeEL)EBL4962657(CaONFJC)MIL44520(OCoLC)1027189528(Au-PeEL)EBL7036462(PPN)232719802(MiAaPQ)EBC886621(MiAaPQ)EBC4962657(MiAaPQ)EBC7036462(EXLCZ)99256000000029467220120413d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Oxford history of the British EmpireVolume IIIThe nineteenth century /Andrew Porter, editor ; editor-in-chief, Wm. Roger LouisOxford ;New York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (xxii, 774 pages)Oxford History of the British Empire ;v.IIIDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-924678-5 0-19-167673-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century; PART I; 2. Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context; 3. Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy; 4. British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire; 5. Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific; 6. British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; 7. Britain and Latin America; 8. Britain and China, 1842-19149. Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire 10. Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery, and Humanitarianism; 11. Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire; 12. British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change; 13. Empire and Metropolitan Cultures; 14. Scientific Exploration and Empire; 15. Defence and Imperial Disunity; 16. The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914; PART II; 17. British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia; 18. India, 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism; 19. Imperial India, 1858-1914; 20. The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia21. The British West Indies 22. Ireland and the Empire; 23. Canada from 1815; 24. Australia and the Western Pacific; 25. Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia; 26. Southern Africa, 1795-1910; 27. Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-1914; 28. The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882; 29. Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century; 30. Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914; Chronology; Index;Volume III of The Oxford History of the British Empire covers the long nineteenth century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780's to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. The volume is divided into two parts. The first contains thematic chapters, some focusing on Britain, others on areas at the imperial periphery, exploring those fundamental dynamics of British expansion which made imperial influence and rule possible. They also examine the economic, cultural, and institutional frameOxford History of the British EmpireImperialismHistoryGreat BritainColoniesHistoryImperialismHistory.909.09909.09171241Porter A. N(Andrew N.)1634703Louis William Roger1936-290212MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819645403321The Oxford history of the British Empire3975041UNINA