02913nam 2200637Ia 450 991096146230332120251116175503.01-135-76770-X1-135-76771-81-280-23158-097866102315840-203-31876-510.4324/9780203318768 (CKB)1000000000249563(EBL)199701(OCoLC)61814757(SSID)ssj0000146173(PQKBManifestationID)11160370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146173(PQKBWorkID)10182967(PQKB)11678271(MiAaPQ)EBC199701(Au-PeEL)EBL199701(CaPaEBR)ebr10162486(CaONFJC)MIL23158(OCoLC)826514953(EXLCZ)99100000000024956320031224d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmpire as the triumph of theory imperialism, information, and the Colonial Society of 1868 /Edward BeasleyLondon Routledge20051 online resource (230 p.)British foreign and colonial policy,1467-5013Description based upon print version of record.1-138-88227-5 0-7146-5610-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Founding of the Colonial Society; 3. The Usual Suspects; 4. Businessmen; 5. Travels and Ideas; 6. Tocqueville and Lord Bury: The Empire of Democracy; 7. Adderley Discovers the Pattern of the World; 8. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Members of the Colonial Society; Bibliography; Notes; IndexWho were the first people to invent a world-historical mission for the British Empire? And what were the constituencies behind the development of the imperialistic thinking in mid-Victorian England? These questions are vital for understanding where the New Imperialism of the late nineteenth century came from. Empire as the Triumph of Theory takes as its sample the more than two hundred earliest members of the first major pro-imperial pressure group: the Colonial Society (founded in 1868, it is now the Royal Commonwealth Society).The book goes on to a careful and well-written tour Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy.ImperialismHistory19th centuryGreat BritainColoniesHistory19th centuryImperialismHistory325.34106Beasley Edward1964-934455MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961462303321Empire as the triumph of theory4483570UNINA