Format:
Online-Ressource (80 p)
ISBN:
1282040588
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9781282040588
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9781847600165
Series Statement:
History insights
Content:
Intro -- Copyright and Licence -- Title Page -- A Note on the Author -- Contents -- I: A Journey over Palm and Pine: An Overview of Histories, Peoples and Developments -- 1. Early Colonialism: Exploration, Exploitation and Chartered Companies -- 2. The Company Raj (India) and the Loss of the American Colonies -- 3. Slavery, Anti-Slavery, Liberalism and Imperialism -- 4. Imperial Expansion in the Nineteenth Century -- 5. War, Retreat and Transformation in the Twentieth Century -- II: Problems in Interpretation: Historiography, Post-Colonialism and Sources -- 6. Historiography: approaches to the history of the British Empire -- 7. Post-Colonialism: Explanation and Evaluation -- 8. Sources: Eurocentrism, the 'silenced' sources, and the problem of 'representation' -- III: Issues and Debates -- 9. Controversies over the Motives for Empire -- 10. The Colonies of Settlement: Colonisation, Identities and Narratives -- 11. The Nature of Imperialism: How did the British Empire Function? -- 12. Collaboration and Resistance -- 13. Race, Class and Gender -- IV: Selected Bibliography -- Other Humanities Insights Titles.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p.78-79)
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""Copyright and Licence ""; ""Title Page""; ""A Note on the Author""; ""Contents""; ""I: A Journey over Palm and Pine: An Overview of Histories, Peoples and Developments""; ""1. Early Colonialism: Exploration, Exploitation and Chartered Companies""; ""2. The Company Raj (India) and the Loss of the American Colonies""; ""3. Slavery, Anti-Slavery, Liberalism and Imperialism""; ""4. Imperial Expansion in the Nineteenth Century""; ""5. War, Retreat and Transformation in the Twentieth Century""; ""II: Problems in Interpretation: Historiography, Post-Colonialism and Sources""
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""6. Historiography: approaches to the history of the British Empire""""7. Post-Colonialism: Explanation and Evaluation""; ""8. Sources: Eurocentrism, the �silenced� sources, and the problem of �representation�""; ""III: Issues and Debates""; ""9. Controversies over the Motives for Empire""; ""10. The Colonies of Settlement: Colonisation, Identities and Narratives""; ""11. The Nature of Imperialism: How did the British Empire Function?""; ""12. Collaboration and Resistance""; ""13. Race, Class and Gender""; ""IV: Selected Bibliography""; ""Other Humanities Insights Titles""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282040030
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847600165
Additional Edition:
Print version British Empire : Pomp, Power and Postcolonialism
Language:
English
