The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire
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- Editor: P. J. Marshall
- Date Published: August 2001
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521002547
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Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British empire on the assumption that such understanding is important for any informed appreciation of the modern world. Through striking illustration and a text written by leading experts, this book examines the experience of colonialism in North America, India, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean, as well as the impact of the empire on Britain itself. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural history, including slavery, trade, religion, art, and the movement of ideas. How did the British rule their empire? Who benefited economically from the empire? And who lost?
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'… a critical, balanced, lucid, and endlessly fascinating survey of the British empire in all its complexity and human drama for the general reader.' Boston Book Review
See more reviews'This impressive book more than does justice to the breadth of empire and its influence … a fascinating and impressive achievement.' Tim Newark, Military Illustrated
'… an interesting story readably told …' Yorkshire Gazette & Herald
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- Date Published: August 2001
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521002547
- length: 400 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 206 x 28 mm
- weight: 1.405kg
- contains: 80 b/w illus. 120 colour illus. 12 maps
- availability: Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
Introduction: the world shaped by empire P. J. Marshall
Part I. The History of Empire:
1. The British empire at the end of the eighteenth century P. J. Marshall
2. 1783–1870: an expanding empire P. J. Marshall
3. 1870–1918: the empire under threat P. J. Marshall
4. 1918 to the 1960s: keeping afloat P. J. Marshall
Part II. The Life of the Empire:
5. For richer, for poorer? David Fieldhouse
6. Power, authority, and freedom A. J. Stockwell
7. Empires in the mind Andrew Porter
8. Imperial towns and cities Thomas R. Metcalf
9. British emigration and new identities Ged Martin and Benjamin E. Kline
10. The diaspora of the Africans and the Asians P. J. Marshall
11. Art and the empire John M. Mackenzie
Part III. The Imperial Experience:
12. Imperial Britain P. J. Marshall
13. Australia K. S. Inglis
14. Africa Toyin Falola
15. British rule in India: an assessment Tapan Raychaudhuri
Conclusion: Empire in retrospect P. J. Marshall
Reference Guide: British imperial territories from 1783
Further reading
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Index.
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