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Subject(s)

• Imperialism—History—Sources [Browse]
• Imperialism—History [Browse]
• Great Britain—Colonies—History [Browse]
• Great Britain—Colonies—History—Sources [Browse]

Related name

• Samson, Jane, 1962- [Browse]

Series

Oxford readers [More in this series]

Summary note

"This Oxford Reader negotiates the varied and vital debates about the nature of imperialism to provide a broad history of the British Empire. Selected readings are presented within a chronological framework, from the origins of empire to decolonization and beyond, and are illuminated by a central theme of identity to reveal metropolitan, colonial, and indigenous perspectives. General and section introductions explore such issues as the role of economics and religion in imperial expansion ad rule; how indigenous and Creole populations constructed and expressed their own identities; and what changes were wrought by the process of decolonization. This Reader takes a global comparative approach and includes a chronological table and maps to reveal the full extent of British expansion, enabling the study of regional empire to be seen in its wider context."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pp. [314]-317) and index.

Contents

• 1. Early Empire
• 1.1. Empire of the Sea
• 1.2. Slavery
• 1.3. Colonial Identities
• 2. Eighteenth Century
• 2.1. New Horizons
• 2.2. American Revolution
• 2.3. Conquest and Identity
• 2.4. Problem of India
• 3. Nineteenth Century
• 3.1. Trade and Empire
• 3.2. Reform and Empire
• 3.3. British Diaspora
• 3.4. Empire Contested
• 3.5. 'New Imperialism'
• 4. Twentieth Century
• 4.1. End of Empire?
• 4.2. Empire at War
• 4.3. Pioneers: India/Pakistan and Ghana
• 4.4. Settler Minorities: Kenya and Zimbabwe
• 4.5. Peoples and Borders: Palestine and Malaysia.

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ISBN

• 0192892932 ((pbk.))
• 9780192892935 ((pbk.))

LCCN

00069296

OCLC

45630564

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