Format:
1 online resource (144 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781849645300
Content:
The social, economic and political forces that aided the expansion of the British Empire.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Chronology -- Preface -- Introduction -- Nature of Empires -- Ancient Empires -- Medieval Empires -- Modern Empire -- Global Markets by the Eighteenth Century -- Primitive Capital Accumulation -- Regimes of Accumulation -- Industrial Economy -- Capital Investment and Industrial Challenge -- Second Industrial Revolution - the Global Economy 1870-1914 -- Unstable Structure -- Lenin's Interpretation -- Scope of Discussion -- Further Reading -- 1. The British Empire on the Eve -- The Background -- The Global Economy and the Empire -- British Society -- Prelude -- India -- The 1870s -- Political Forces -- Further Reading -- 2. The Drive into Africa -- Egypt -- General Gordon and the Sudan -- Chartered Companies -- East Africa -- South and Central Africa -- Nigeria -- Imperial Rivalries -- The Berlin Conference -- The Boer Republics -- Official Attitudes -- Further Reading -- 3. Other Extensions -- India -- East Asia -- China -- Japan -- South East Asia -- South America -- Turkish and Persian Empires -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 4. The Evolved Imperial Structure -- The Economic Framework -- Settlement Colonies -- Other Areas -- Techniques -- Ethnic Diasporas -- Power and Arms -- 'Regions Caesar Never Knew': Empire and Ideology -- Moral Self-congratulation -- The Media -- Attitudes -- 'Oldest Colony' -- Further Reading -- 5. Imperial Relations -- Settlement Colonies -- India -- Africa and Others -- Clash of Empires -- Leadership Contest -- The Chamberlain Project -- A Comparison -- Liberal Imperialists -- Further Reading -- 6. Significance of Empire -- Opponents -- Notes -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745312408
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780745312408
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3386411
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