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The British empire /

"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 centr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Samson, Jane, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Colección:Oxford readers.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.