LEADER 02936oam 2200637I 450 001 9910450970803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-76771-8 010 $a1-280-23158-0 010 $a9786610231584 010 $a0-203-31876-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203318768 035 $a(CKB)1000000000249563 035 $a(EBL)199701 035 $a(OCoLC)61814757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146173 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11160370 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146173 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182967 035 $a(PQKB)11678271 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199701 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199701 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162486 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL23158 035 $a(OCoLC)826514953 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000249563 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpire as the triumph of theory $eimperialism, information, and the Colonial Society of 1868 /$fEdward Beasley 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 225 1 $aBritish foreign and colonial policy,$x1467-5013 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-88227-5 311 $a0-7146-5610-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aWho were the first people to invent a world-historical mission for the British Empire? And what were the constituencies behind the development of the imperialistic thinking in mid-Victorian England? These questions are vital for understanding where the New Imperialism of the late nineteenth century came from. Empire as the Triumph of Theory takes as its sample the more than two hundred earliest members of the first major pro-imperial pressure group: the Colonial Society (founded in 1868, it is now the Royal Commonwealth Society).The book goes on to a careful and well-written tour 410 0$aCass series--British foreign and colonial policy. 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 676 $a325.34106 700 $aBeasley$b Edward$f1964,$0947933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450970803321 996 $aEmpire as the triumph of theory$92258169 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00931nam a2200253 i 4500 001 991001943199707536 005 20020507154228.0 008 010717s1918 it ||| | ita 035 $ab11586746-39ule_inst 035 $aLE02727830$9ExL 040 $aDip.to Studi Giuridici$bita 082 0 $a321.02094 100 1 $aAgnelli, Giovanni$0121109 245 10$aFederazione europea o Lega delle Nazioni? /$cGiovanni Agnelli ; Attilio Cabiati 260 $aTorino :$bBocca,$c1918 300 $av, 126 p. ;$c24 cm. 650 4$aGuerra mondiale 1914-1918 - Conseguenze 700 1 $aCabiati, Attilio 907 $a.b11586746$b21-09-06$c02-07-02 912 $a991001943199707536 945 $aLE027 321.00 AGN01.01$g1$iLE027-9409$lle027$o-$pE0.00$q-$rl$s- $t0$u0$v0$w0$x0$y.i11795669$z02-07-02 996 $aFederazione europea o Lega delle Nazioni$9896200 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale027$b01-01-01$cm$da $e-$fita$git $h0$i1