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The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970
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The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / John Darwin.
ISBN
9780521302081
0521302080
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xiii, 800 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 20, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [789]-794) and index.
Contents
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.
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