03983nam 2200649 a 450 991082071200332120220317111515.00-19-154239-31-280-44519-X(CKB)2560000000294671(EBL)886620(OCoLC)819589507(SSID)ssj0000305430(PQKBManifestationID)11239213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305430(PQKBWorkID)10286534(PQKB)10888735(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024694(Au-PeEL)EBL886620(CaPaEBR)ebr10537843(CaONFJC)MIL44519(Au-PeEL)EBL7034995(PPN)232724016(MiAaPQ)EBC886620(EXLCZ)99256000000029467119970808d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Oxford history of the British EmpireVolume IVThe twentieth century /edited by Judith M.Brown and Wm Roger LouisOxford :Oxford University Press,1999.1 online resource (800 pages.)Oxford history of the British Empire ;v. 4Description based upon print version of record.0-19-820564-3 0-19-167672-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 Empire12. '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 Decolonization27. 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; ZThe 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 rulersOxford history of the British Empire companion series ;v. 4.ImperialismHistoryGreat BritainColoniesHistoryImperialismHistory.909/.0971241Brown Judith M(Judith Margaret),1944-Louis William Roger1936-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820712003321Oxford history of the British Empire1407945UNINA