The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / / John Darwin [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Darwin John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 800 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 909/.09241081 |
Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - History
Decolonization - History |
ISBN |
0-511-69974-3
1-107-20577-8 0-511-63292-4 0-511-63171-5 1-282-33667-3 0-511-63507-9 0-511-63412-9 9786612336676 0-511-63463-3 0-511-63552-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the project of an empire -- Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century -- Victorian origins -- The octopus power -- The commercial republic -- The Britannic experiment -- 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India' -- The weakest link : Britain in South Africa -- The Edwardian transition -- 'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war -- The war for empire, 1914-1919 -- Making imperial peace, 1919-1926 -- Holding the centre, 1927-1937 -- The strategic abyss, 1937-1942 -- The price of survival, 1943-1951 -- The third world power, 1951-1959 -- Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464707803321 |
Darwin John | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / / John Darwin [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Darwin John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 800 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 909/.09241081 |
Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - History
Decolonization - History |
ISBN |
0-511-69974-3
1-107-20577-8 0-511-63292-4 0-511-63171-5 1-282-33667-3 0-511-63507-9 0-511-63412-9 9786612336676 0-511-63463-3 0-511-63552-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the project of an empire -- Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century -- Victorian origins -- The octopus power -- The commercial republic -- The Britannic experiment -- 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India' -- The weakest link : Britain in South Africa -- The Edwardian transition -- 'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war -- The war for empire, 1914-1919 -- Making imperial peace, 1919-1926 -- Holding the centre, 1927-1937 -- The strategic abyss, 1937-1942 -- The price of survival, 1943-1951 -- The third world power, 1951-1959 -- Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789485703321 |
Darwin John | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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