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Global Expansion : Britain and its Empire, 1870-1914.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Willie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 1999.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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